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Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 2 -45.6 °C (-50 °F) to -42.8 °C (-45°F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9a
Plant Height: 6-8 inches
Plant Spread: 8-12 inches
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Blue
Bloom Size: Under 1"
1"-2"
Flower Time: Summer
Underground structures: Taproot
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Containers: Suitable in 1 gallon

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Common names
  • Balloon Flower
  • Chinese Bellflower
  • Japanese Bellflower

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Location: Zone 5
Date: 2015-08-02
Location: Elkhart
Date: 2019-09-30
Balloon Flower
Location: Grapevine, Texas USA
Date: 2021-05-26
Location: Zone 5b, Chicago suburbs
Date: June 2021
Location: Flowery Branch, GA
Date: 2019-03-20
Spring 2019 new growth (year 3!!)
Location: Fairfax, VA
Location: Elkhart
Date: 2019-09-30
Balloon Flower
Location: my zone 5 garden
Date: 2016-06-30
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2017-07-03
"Platycodon grandiflorus 'Sentimental Blue', 2017, [Baloon Flower
Location: Grapevine, Texas USA
Date: 2022-05-19
Location: Medina, TN
Date: 2012-07-16
Balloon Flower (Platycodon grandiflorus 'Sentimental Blue')
Location: Silver Spring, MD
Date: 2014-07-02
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2018-06-30
"Platycodon grandiflorus 'Sentimental Blue', 2018 photo, Balloon
Location: Elkhart
Date: 2019-09-30
Balloon Flower
Location: Flowery Branch, GA
Date: 2018-05-24
FFO 5/24/2018

Date: 2012-06-22
Location: Maryland
Date: 2015-06-25
Location: SunZone 6a
Date: 2014-07-15
Location: Elkhart
Date: 2019-09-30
Balloon Flower
Location: Elkhart
Date: 2019-09-30
Balloon Flower
Location: Grapevine, Texas USA
Date: 2021-05-26
Location: Lutz, FL
Date: 2016-05-15
For sale at Lowe's
Location: Fairfax, VA | June, 2023
Date: 2023-06-24
Location: My Front Garden
Date: 2020-07-16
Sentimental Blue Bloom
Location: Allentown, Pennsylvania
Date: 2015-06-26
Location: Elkhart
Date: 2019-09-30
Balloon Flower
Location: Part Shade garden Pittsford NY
Date: 2011-07-10
Terific at border,below Birdbath
Location: Flowery Branch, GA
Date: 2018-05-24
Location: Bordines Nursery, Rochester Hills, MI
Date: 2016-09-26
Location: Bordines Nursery, Rochester Hills, MI
Date: 2016-09-26
Location: Massab Acres, Taylor, MI
Date: 2010-07-10
Location: Massab Acres, Taylor, MI
Date: 2010-07-10
Location: Eagle Bay, New York
Date: 2021-07-31
Balloon Flower (Platycodon grandiflorus 'Sentimental Blue')
Location: Massab Acres, Taylor, MI
Date: 2010-07-10
Location: Grapevine, Texas USA
Date: 2020-06-30

Date: 2012-06-22

Date: 2012-06-22

Courtesy Crownsville Nursery
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Date: 2016-08-21
Photo courtesy of Santa Rosa Gardens. Used with permission.
Location: Fairfax, VA | June, 2023
Date: 2023-06-04
Location: Fairfax, VA | June, 2023
Date: 2023-06-24
Location: Part Shade z6
Date: 2012-06-27
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2017-07-13
"Platycodon grandiflorus 'Sentimental Blue', 2017, [Balloon Flowe
Location: Part Shade garden Pittsford NY
Date: 2011-07-07
The balloons before opening
Location: Bordines Nursery, Rochester Hills, MI
Date: 2016-09-26
Location: Bordines Nursery, Rochester Hills, MI
Date: 2016-09-26
Location: Lutz, FL
Date: 2016-05-15
For sale at Lowe's
Location: Lutz, FL
Date: 2016-05-15
For sale at Lowe's
Location: Elkhart
Date: 2023-07-20
23'
Location: Elkhart
Date: 2023-07-20
23'
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2017-07-03
"Platycodon grandiflorus 'Sentimental Blue', 2017, [Baloon Flower

Photo Courtesy of Lazy S'S Farm Nursery.
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Comments:
  • Posted by mcash70 (Near Kamloops, BC, Canada - Zone 3a) on Jan 25, 2012 5:20 PM concerning plant:
    Balloon flowers are summer flowering cousins to the more familiar Bellflowers. Plants form a mound of green foliage, bearing inflated buds that open into star-shaped blue blossoms. This dwarf selection is great for edging the border, rock gardens or in mixed containers. Nice for cutting. Plants are later to come up in the spring.
    Plant in average well drained soil. Water well until plants are established.
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