balloon flower
Platycodon grandiflorus
RHS AGM 1993
USDA zones3 to 8
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
Size1 to 2.5 feet tall12 to 18 inches wide
- Habit
- Clumping
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer
- Bloom color
- Purple-blue
- Foliage color
- Blue, green
- Soil types
- Loam
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Notes
Balloon flower (Platycodon grandiflorus) is a perennial for borders, containers, cottage gardens, and rock gardens. It is hardy to USDA zone 3, or down to -40°F (-40°C). This plant likes full or part sun and average to moist, loamy soil. It forms a clump with blue-green foliage and purple-blue flowers. Blooms open in spring and again in summer. It sits low on the menu for deer.
Pairs well with Buckeye Belle peony, Blonde Ambition blue grama, and Pyrethrum.
Native range
Canary Is. and Madeira.