The listing, GG'S ✨❤ 13 "STRATIFIED" BLUE BLUE BALLOON ❤✨ SEEDS has ended.
Although BALLOON FLOWER, Platycodon Grandiflorus, is Usually Grown for its WHIMSICAL FLOWER Buds, this Plant is One Tough Cookie. Balloon Flower is in the EASY GROWING Campanula Family and You will Notice the Resemblance Right Away.
The Botanical name means "Broad Bell", but the Open Flower is Really More of a Star Shape... However it's the Puffy Bud that Intrigues Gardeners and Entices Them to Grow This Plant and that Gives it its Common Name of
"Balloon Flower"...
These are Long-Lived PERENIALS that Rarely Need Dividing and are
Deer RESISTANT !!!....
Leaves: Alternate, Bright Green Leaves Grow Along the Stems... This is a Clump Forming Plant...
Flowers: The Flower Bud Swells Up into a Puff and Slowly Opens, Passing through a Bell Shape to a Swept Back STAR with Five Petals, Joined at the Base...
The PURPLE-BLUE Varieties are The Most Commonly Grown, But it also Comes in White and Shades of Pink...
Botanical Name
Platycodon grandiflorus
Common Name:
Balloon Flower, Chinese Bellflower, Japanese Bellflower...
Balloon flowers are HARDY PERENNIAL Plants, growing hardy in USDA Hardiness Zone 3 - 9...
Best in full sun, however they will be fine in partial Afternoon shade.
Height:1 - 2 ft. tall x 1 ft.wide.
Balloon flower can start blooming infrom mid-summer or later and will repeat bloom, if kept deadheaded.
This is one of those CLASSIC Plants that is Often Sold as an Unnamed Variety...
Planting: Starting Seed, Although Deed Grown Plants will not Bloom the First Year... Balloon Flower Seed will Require STRATIFICATION and Are a Good Choice For WINTER SOWING...
Start Seed Indoors in Early Spring, Gently Press the seed on top of moist soil. They need Light to Germinate, so Do Not Cover the Seed with Soil...
Seed Should Germinate within 2-3 Wks....
Move Seedlings to Larger Pots and Slowly Harden Off, Before Transplanting Outdoors...
Shipping To U. S. Only...
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