Platycodon grandiflorus 'Blue'

  • Product number: 600320
  • Origin: East Asia
  • Latin: Platycodon grandiflorus

A gemstone among garden bloomers with striking star-shaped, sky-blue bellflowers, which first swell into apparent little balloons when in bud. They bloom from July to October! The plant grows fairly compactly: 40-50 cm and is often planted in containers, even as a houseplant (in summer) or as a cut flower, the plant is popular!

Names:
Latin: Platycodon grandiflorus
Dutch: Ballonbloem
English: Balloon Flower

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Sowing method: Sow indoors from January to April and prick out into pots. For late flowering or flowering the following year, seeds can also be sown outdoors in pots from May to August.

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Sowing/planting time:

  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August

Harvesting time:

  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October

Soil type:

  • All soil types

Cultivation location:

  • Indoors
  • Outdoors warm / sheltered

Position:

  • Sun
  • Partial shade
  • Flower colour: Sky-blue bellflowers
  • Origin: East Asia
  • Average growth height: 30 to 60 cm
  • Annual or perennial: Perennial
  • Attractive to insects: Various insects
  • Winter hardy: Forst hardy
  • Ease of cultivation: Moderate
  • Latin: Platycodon grandiflorus
  • Dutch: Balloon flower
  • Also known as: Not applicable / Unknown
  • English: Balloon Flower
  • All year round

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