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Black Truffle Lobelia is a dramatic cardinal flower cultivar grown for its dark chocolate-purple foliage and brilliant red flower spikes

It looks equally at home in a cottage-style border with perennials or in a more structured foundation bed where you want repeat color and tidy greenery

New foliage growth starts as a beautiful burgundy color

they may get root rot disease

and its bold foliage helps anchor perennial combinations

Opal Lungwort grandiflora rose Black Truffle Lobelia is aPale Blue Flowers Bring a Softer Glow to the Shade Garden Opal Lungwort brings luminous spring color into shaded garden beds with clusters of pale blue flowers that can appear almost white in cool light. The blossoms begin as soft pink buds before opening to a clear opal blue, allowing pink and blue tones to appear together on the plant. Its light flower color makes Opal especially useful in areas where deeper blues, purples or reds might disappear