Species
Balloon flower
Platycodon grandiflorus
Varieties
4 entries| Variety | Description | Prices (EUR) | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| BlueBSI-FL42068 | — |
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| MixedBSI-FL68426 | — |
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| RoseBSI-FL79885 | — |
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| WhiteBSI-FL57248 | — |
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Platycodon grandiflorus, listed here under the spelling grandiflorum, is a perennial whose inflated buds open into broad bell-shaped flowers.
Botanical characteristics
This change of shape explains the common name balloon flower. Its fleshy roots are fragile, making division and transplanting more delicate than in many fibrous-rooted perennials. Well-drained soil suits it.
Inflated buds opening into broad bells
Blue, Rose and White are separately named colour references for resellers. They organise the bulk perennial-seed range around a flower whose inflated bud and open bell are two stages of the same structure.
At a glance
Species profile
Characteristics
- Life cycle
- Perennial
Botanical details
- Botanical name
- Platycodon grandiflorum
- Common names
- Balloon Flower; Balloon-flower; Chinese-bellflower; Platycodon
- Synonyms
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- Campanula gentianoides; Campanula glauca; Campanula grandiflora; Platycodon autumnalis; Platycodon chinensis; Platycodon glaucus; Platycodon glaucus albiflorus; Platycodon glaucus albus; Platycodon glaucus bicolor; Platycodon glaucus duplex; Platycodon glaucus monanthus; Platycodon glaucus pentapetalus; Platycodon glaucus planicorollatus; Platycodon glaucus rugosus; Platycodon glaucus subaphyllus; Platycodon glaucus subasepalus; Platycodon glaucus violaceus; Platycodon grandiflorus albiflorus; Platycodon grandiflorus albus; Platycodon grandiflorus angustifolius; Platycodon grandiflorus autumnalis; Platycodon grandiflorus bicolor; Platycodon grandiflorus candolleanus; Platycodon grandiflorus duplex; Platycodon grandiflorus glaucus; Platycodon grandiflorus japonicus; Platycodon grandiflorus leucanthus; Platycodon grandiflorus mariesii; Platycodon grandiflorus monanthus; Platycodon grandiflorus pentapetalus; Platycodon grandiflorus planicorollatus; Platycodon grandiflorus rugosus; Platycodon grandiflorus semiplenus; Platycodon grandiflorus striatus; Platycodon grandiflorus subasepalus; Platycodon mariesii; Platycodon mariesii albonanus; Platycodon mariesii albus; Platycodon mariesii striatus; Platycodon sinensis; Wahlenbergia grandiflora
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Campanulaceae
- Genus
- Platycodon
- Species
- Platycodon grandiflorum