How to Grow and Care for Balloon Flowers - The Spruce
WEBJun 10, 2024 · Balloon flowers (Platycodon grandiflorus) are easy perennials with flowers that emerge from puffy buds. Learn to grow this summer bloomer with this guide.
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 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.
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.
How to Grow Balloon Flower — Platycodon - Harvest to Table
WEBPlatycodon–commonly called balloon flower–is a perennial that bears mostly purple-blue flowers opening from balloon-like buds from spring through early fall. The inflated flower buds that look like balloons split open into broad, shallow, bell-shaped flowers.
How to Grow and Care for Balloon Flowers - Garden Lovers Club
WEBHow to Grow and Care for Balloon Flowers. Ornamental » Flowers » Balloon Flower. One of the most unique flowers that I remember my mother growing in her garden when I was a child is the balloon flower. I remember “popping” the blooms to make them burst open into beautiful purple, pink, or white flowers, and as I grew into an adult, I ...
How to Plant, Grow, and Care For Balloon Flowers - Epic Gardening
WEBOct 11, 2023 · For the classic balloon flower look, you can’t go wrong with ‘Fuji Blue’. These blue flowers have a purple tinge to them and can look like either color depending on the lighting. The petals are also quite transparent, making for an interesting garden display in …
Platycodon - Wikipedia
WEBFlowers bloom purple or white in July and August, with one or several running upward at the end of the circle. The flower crown is divided into five branches in the shape of an open bell. It lives throughout Japan, China, and eastern Siberia, including the Korean Peninsula.
Platycodon grandiflorus - Plant Finder - Missouri Botanical Garden
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.
Platycodon Plant Growing & Care Guide for Gardeners
WEBPlatycodon grandiflorus (Balloon flower) by Carl E Lewis. The plant is a hardy perennial. Platycodon plant stalks can reach 30 to 90 cm (1 to 3 feet) in height. Platycodon flowers in the summer with white, blue, or purple bell shaped flowers.
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