Category: Seminum | Sub-Category: Perennials for Sun
Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Platycodon grandiflorus
Family: (Campanulaceae)
(P) to 3′. Balloon Flower. China. So named because the flower buds puff up like balloons before bursting open into upward-facing, bell-shaped, rich blue flowers with five pointed lobes. Clump-forming perennial with elliptic whorled leaves below and alternate above with dentated margins. Blooms mid to late summer. Sun. 4 & T2
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