I first saw cardinal flowers growing in a drainage ditch along a farm field. Their intense red took my breath away, in part because of their surroundings. This was no well-tended, perennial flower ...

Claim to fame: The cardinal flower is known for its vibrant color and its late-blooming period. It shows off its bright red blooms around streams and wetland areas until October. It’s also becoming ...

Even though the drought this summer has been a huge setback for my garden, crisping up the lilacs and other shrubbery and will most likely result in a sub-par foliage season, one flower that has ...

I first saw cardinal flowers growing in a drainage ditch along a farm field. Their intense red took my breath away. The beauty of those cardinal flowers was not in their profusion of blooms but in the ...

From watching butterflies float in the sun to seeing bees zoom from flower-to-flower in the search for pollen and nectar, there is nothing as peaceful as a garden teeming with wildlife. One visitor ...

The floodplain of the stream behind my house is currently dotted with the bright red blooms of the cardinal flower. Watching for them out back or as I drive along the many brooks, streams and rivers ...

John Burroughs, the 19th-century naturalist, wrote, “But when vivid color is wanted, what can surpass or equal our Cardinal flower? There is a glow about this flower as if color emanated from it as ...

Editor’s note: Once a month, OSU Extension Master Gardener Volunteers in Franklin County profile a plant that occurs naturally in central Ohio. As the heat of summer blazes, many of us are looking for ...

The early summer wildflower season has arrived. Before long, alongside roadways and woodland edges, some of our more robust native plants will be flowering. By “robust” I mean high growing and stout.