An interesting and well-behaved perennial, the balloon flower, Platycodon grandiflorus, acquired its common name due to the resemblance of its buds to a hot air balloon.

Balloon flower (Platycodon grandiflorus) is a great example. Once you see one of these plants covered in balloon-shaped buds and getting ready to burst into bloom, you’ll know exactly where the ...

Platycodon, aka balloon flower, is a perennial that likes full sun to part shade and will bloom for months. (Special to the Democrat-Gazette) Q I'd appreciate it if you would identify this plant ...

Platycodon grandiflorus 'Hakone Blue' offers dazzling double blue flowers in summer. It grows 24 inches tall and 18 inches wide. Zones 4-8 Varieties of sedum are practically perfect plants. They ...

• The balloon flower (Platycodon grandiflorus) is an herbaceous perennial that emerges in late spring. Its common name comes from the unopened flower buds, which resemble inflated balloons.

I consider this plant mostly a fall plant in that the flower comes into bloom in the fall. My seven-son flower grows to be 15 feet tall. This tall shrub has a multiple stem habit.

Platycodon grandiflorus, commonly known as balloon flower, is renowned for its medicinal properties, primarily due to its rich saponin content.

The doraji flower will come to the rescue and cure your springtime, pollution-induced blues. The doraji flower ( Platycodon grandiflorus ), also known as the bellflower or balloon flower in English, ...

IN THE GARDEN: "Balloons" on perennial platycodon should open into flowers in summer. June 26, 2021 at 1:47 a.m. by Janet B. Carson ...