How to grow balloon flower
Platycodon grandiflorus
When to plant balloon flower
Balloon flower is a clumping perennial set out as a plant. NC State notes its fleshy roots make division and transplanting difficult, so any division should be done in spring; plant in spring once the soil is workable for a late-spring-to-summer bloom.
Balloon Flower is timed by season rather than your frost dates, so the planting calendar does not generate ZIP-specific dates for it. Check the cited sources below to fine-tune for your area.
Growing conditions
- Lifecycle
- Perennial
- Spacing
- 12 to 36 in apart
- Sun
- Full sun
- Soil pH
- 5 to 6
Common problems
- root rot in wet soil
Sources
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