Astra Blue - Balloon Flower - Platycodon grandiflorus - Proven Winners
WEBFeatures. Bluish purple, bell-shaped flowers. A beautiful plant covered with blooms throughout the season. Extra-thick flower petals extend the time that blooms are showy in the garden. Heat Tolerant. Attracts:
How to Grow and Care for Balloon Flowers - The Spruce
WEBJun 10, 2024 · Instead, puffy, balloon-like buds swell up to produce the 2- to 3-inch star-shaped blue-violet flowers. Balloon flowers will thrive in just about any condition, except in especially hot environments. This plant prefers rich soil, full sun, and temperatures between 60 and 80 degrees Fahrenheit.
Platycodon grandiflorus ‘Astra Double Blue’ (Balloon Flower)
WEBVigorous and floriferous, Platycodon grandiflorus ‘Astra Double Blue’ (Balloon Flower) is a dwarf herbaceous perennial which produces an abundance of fully double, bell-shaped, periwinkle blue flowers, up to 3 in. across (7 cm).
Platycodon grandiflorus 'Astra Blue' - Plant Finder
WEBPlatycodon grandiflorus, commonly called balloon flower, is a clump-forming perennial that is so named because its flower buds puff up like balloons before bursting open into outward-to-upward-facing, bell-shaped flowers with five pointed lobes. Plants are native to slopes and meadows in China, Japan, Korea and Siberia.
How to Grow and Care for Balloon Flowers | Gardener’s Path
WEBJul 6, 2023 · Balloon flower adds a cheerful touch of blue to sunny garden borders. Learn all about this hardy summer-blooming perennial favorite now on Gardener’s Path.
Astra Blue Balloon Flower (Platycodon grandiflorus 'Astra Blue') …
WEBAstra Blue Balloon Flower has masses of beautiful blue bell-shaped flowers with white eyes and purple veins at the ends of the stems from early to late summer, which emerge from distinctive navy blue flower buds, and which are …
Platycodon grandiflorus (Balloon Flower) - Gardenia
WEBWidely popular among gardeners, Platycodon grandiflorus (Balloon Flower) is a compact herbaceous perennial with bell-shaped, flaring, violet-blue flowers, up to 2-3 in. across (5-7 cm), adorned with 5 broad, pointed lobes that form a star shape.
Platycodon grandiflorus 'Astra Blue' (Astra Series)|balloon flower ...
WEBballoon flower 'Astra Blue'. A dwarf herbaceous perennial with narrow, mid-green leaves and large, star-shaped, violet-blue flowers opening from inflated, balloon-like buds all summer.
Platycodon grandiflorus 'Astra Blue' (Astra Series) - Shoot
WEBNov 16, 2011 · 'Astra Blue' is a compact, dwarf, clump-forming, herbaceous perennial with ovate to lance-shaped, toothed, blue-green leaves and large, balloon-like buds opening to light violet-blue flowers in late summer and early autumn.
'Astra Blue' Balloon Flower - Order Online - Garden Crossings
WEBJul 1, 2024 · This single blooming Balloon Flower features royal purple flowers that look like a balloon before they pop open. Standing 8-10 inches tall and up to 16 inches wide, ‘Astra Blue’ Balloon Flower blooms nearly all season long starting in early summer and blooming through late summer.