How to Grow and Care for Balloon Flowers - The Spruce
WEBJun 10, 2024 · Balloon flowers are clump-forming perennials and members of the easy-to-grow bellflower family of plants although the blooms do not resemble bells. Instead, puffy, balloon-like buds swell up to produce the 2- to 3-inch star-shaped blue-violet flowers.
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.
How to Plant and Grow Balloon Flower - Better Homes & Gardens
WEBJun 4, 2024 · How and When to Plant Balloon Flower. Start seeds indoors in seed-starting mix six to eight weeks before the last frost date in spring for blooms the first year, or direct sow them on the surface of a prepared garden bed …
How to Plant, Grow, and Care For Balloon Flowers - Epic Gardening
WEBOct 11, 2023 · Are you looking to plant balloon flowers in your garden? These perennials feature stunning, large flowers atop short or tall stems that will captivate any garden guests. Take a look at this article for absolutely everything you need to know to successfully grow these plants in your own backyard.
Balloon Flowers Guide: How to Grow & Care for ... - GardenBeast
WEBJul 18, 2022 · Balloon flowers are non-aggressive plants that can pair nicely with lilies, yarrow, ornamental grasses, or spiky plants such as yucca, Liatris, and celosia. Growing Balloon Flower Plants. So, have these lovely plants aroused your interest? You are not the only one! Many gardeners adore Balloon Flower plants due to their attractive appearance.
Balloon Flower Growing & Care Guide - The Garden Magazine
WEBJun 13, 2023 · To grow and care for Balloon Flowers (Platycodon grandiflorus), follow these general guidelines. Balloon Flowers prefer a location that receives full sun to partial shade, ideally getting at least 6 hours of direct sunlight per day.
How to Grow and Care for Balloon Flowers - Garden Lovers Club
WEBThe balloon flower is a hardy plant that is able to grow in both dry climates as well as cold climates. Typically, they can be found in growing zones three through nine, which covers the majority of the United States.
Balloon Flower – Tips for Growing Platycodon grandiflorus
WEBJul 17, 2017 · Balloon flower will grow to about 1 – 2 1/2 ft. tall, by about a foot. to 18 inches wide. Dwarf varieties won’t grow much taller than 1 foot high. Propagation. Late fall or winter planting of seeds is a good idea, since the seeds like stratification.
Growing and Caring for Balloon Flowers - Garden.org
WEBGrowing from Seeds or Cuttings. Balloon flower will prosper whether you begin with seeds or plants. Seeds are easy to start, but because plants do not flower well until the second year, you may want to save time by buying container-grown plants.
How to Grow Balloon Flower — Platycodon - Harvest to Table
WEBPlatycodon is easily grown from seed sown in early spring or propagated by division also in spring. Balloon flower, Platycodon grandiflora. Table of Contents. Get to know Platycodon. Where to plant Platycodon. Platycodon uses and companions. When to plant Platycodon. Planting and spacing Platycodon. How to water and feed Platycodon.