Balloon Flower (Platycodon grandiflorus 'Fuji Blue') in the Platycodons Database - Garden.org

Header

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit:	Herb/Forb
Life cycle:	Perennial
Sun Requirements:	Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences:	Mesic
Flowers:	Showy
Flower Time:	Summer
Underground structures:	Taproot
Uses:	Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant:	Bees Butterflies

Trade name information:

Series: Fuji
Cultivar name: 'Fuji Blue'

Common names

Balloon Flower
Chinese Bellflower
Japanese Bellflower

Also sold as:

'Fugi Blue'

Photo Gallery

Date: 8-29-2022
One of my favorite perennials. Blooms all summer in Zone 7b.

Uploaded by Silvana

Location: my garden in Dawsonville, GA (zone 7b north Geogia mountains)
Date: 2017-06-03

Uploaded by LoriMT

Location: My Garden
Date: 6-18-2021
Had to fight bees to take photo

Uploaded by Silvana

Location: my garden in Dawsonville, GA (zone 7b north Geogia mountains)
Date: 2017-06-03

Uploaded by LoriMT

Location: Ohio zone 5/6
Date: 2008-06-12

Uploaded by daylily

Location: Ohio zone 5/6
Date: 2011-10-02

Uploaded by daylily

Location: SunZone 6a
Date: 2014-08-10

Uploaded by ge1836

Location: SunZone 6a
Date: 2013-07-20

Uploaded by ge1836

Location: East garden
Date: July

Uploaded by foraygardengirl

Location: Longwood Gardens, Kennet Square, Pennsylvania USA
Date: 2019-07-06

Uploaded by csandt

Location: Fellows Riverside Gardens, Youngstown, Ohio
Date: 2017-07-12
Balloon Flower 010

Uploaded by dawiz1753

Location: Fellows Riverside Gardens, Youngstown, Ohio
Date: 2017-07-12
Balloon Flower 011

Uploaded by dawiz1753

Location: Twisp
Date: 2013-07-20

Uploaded by lauribob

Location: West border
Date: June 2015

Uploaded by foraygardengirl

Location: Twisp
Date: 2015-05-17
Just coming up in the spring

Uploaded by lauribob

Location: Central Ohio, zone 5/6
Date: 2007-11-01
Fall foliage

Uploaded by daylily

Location: South Georgia, USA
Date: 2017-08-20

Uploaded by pretty_paws_29

Location: West shade garden
Date: July 2015

Uploaded by foraygardengirl

Location: CZ Sirem My garden
Date: 2015-07-20

Uploaded by admin

Location: CZ Sirem My garden
Date: 2015-07-20

Uploaded by admin

Location: SunZone 6a
Date: 2013-07-20

Uploaded by ge1836

Photo Courtesy of Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds. Used with permissio

Uploaded by Joy

This plant is tagged in:

Comments:

Posted by Boopaints (Phoenix, AZ 85022) on Oct 21, 2011 10:32 AM concerning plant:

This is one of my favorite spring plants for Phoenix. They are so much fun to watch as they grow from little pale bud to the open purple bloom.

Reply to this comment
Posted by daylily (Ohio - Zone 6a) on Sep 26, 2012 9:12 PM concerning plant:

I find that all the platycodon I have grown have lovely fall foliage.

Reply to this comment

« Add a new plant to the database

» Search the Platycodons Database: by characteristics or by cultivar name

« See the general plant entry for Platycodons (Platycodon)

« The Platycodons Database Front Page

« The Plants Database Front Page

Garden.org Homepage

Help using the site

Terms of Service

Getting Started Gardening

© 1972 - 2024 National Gardening Association

Times are presented in US Central Standard Time

Today's site banner is by Leftwood and is called "Gentiana septemfida"

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.