Platycodon grandiflorum | Balloon Flower | Various
Platycodon grandiflorum belongs to the plant family CAMPANULACEĈ and Genus Platycodon This plant specimen prefers Wet soil a pH of 7 . All plants need light to allow the photosynthesis process of converting carbon dioxide to growth sugars to take place. Some plants need more sun-light than others. For this plant those sunlight conditions are well described as … Full sun
We are often asked about plants for humming bird attraction. Unfortunately Platycodon grandiflorum does not attract these beautiful hummingbird, sunbird or nectar feeding varieties of garden birds
Impressive Autumn foliage display is not shown by Platycodon grandiflorum so look for an alternative plant for pleasing Fall leaf properties
Platycodon grandiflorum balloon flower is not known as a butterfly attracting plant
Almost all plants grown in gardens need to be fed using fertilzer in order to see them at their best. For this plant the suggested fertilizer program would be based upon … Typical mix of: 3 parts Nitrogen (N), 2 parts Phosphorous (P) and 3 parts Potassium (K for Latin name Kalium).
Platycodon grandiflorum can survive very cold winters with annual averages as low as -30° Fahrenheit. It likes moist to wet soils.
Platycodon grandiflorum will under good growing conditions survive and prosper between 3 and10 years.
Platycodon grandiflorum is a perennial. Flowers are often found in such colors as blue, white or purple.
This specimen plant will normally never grow higher than 2' 6" feet will have an overall spread somewhere between ... not specified on this plants page
"Xeriscape Gardening: Water Conservation for the American Landscape", Connie Lockhart Ellefson, Thomas L. Stephens, and Douglas Welsh, Macmillan Publishing Company, New York, 1992.