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Platycodon grandiflorus 'Mixed'

Platycodon grandiflorus 'Mixed'

Product number: 600325
Origin: East Asia
Latin: Platycodon grandiflorus

A gem among garden blooms with striking star-shaped, bell-shaped flowers, which first swell into apparent balloons when in bud. This mix contains dark and light blue, white, and pink colours. They bloom from July to October! The plant grows fairly compact: 40-50 cm and is often planted in containers, even as a houseplant (in summer), or as a cut flower, the plant is popular!

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

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.

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: Star-shaped bellflowers in dark and light blue, white, and pink
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