Balloon Flower Mariesii (Platycodon grandiflorus) organic seeds

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Balloon Flower 'Mariesii' (Platycodon grandiflorus) organic seeds

A bellflower from China with large, star-shaped blossoms.
Contents: Approx. 100 seeds
Open-pollinated variety, seed tested regularly

1.208,08 Ft

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SKU: PLA02-BIO

GTIN: 4251420514011

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The Chinese Balloon Flower is a great, perennial shrub for the cottage garden and every flower bed. It’s not indigenous here but originates from East Asia. There, the attractive flower has a long tradition as a medicinal plant and belongs to the important agents of the Traditional Chinese Medicin (TMC). Especially its turnip-like roots are used as a remedy, against respiratory problems and for the regulation of blood sugar and cholesterol. In Western medicine, however, the Balloon Flower doesn’t play a part as a remedy.

The shrub belongs to the deep-rooted plants and forms the typical taproot. Planted into the flower bed once, it shouldn’t be replanted again. It loves porous, humous locations in the sun to medium shade and shows the very decorative, thick and bloated-looking blue buds already from the beginning of June. In the shrub bed, later, the bellflowers gracefully and elegantly stick up their heads and are true eye candy. As the shrub strongly retracts in winter, it should be planted next to early flowering spring flowers to avoid an unpicturesque gap in the bed. The Balloon Flower is also suitable as a cut flower for the vase and also likes a seat in the rockery or as a pot plant on the terrace.

Plant description

Species:	Campanulaceae
Root system:	Taproot
Plant type:	Herbaceous plant Container plant
Flower colour:	Blue
Region of origin:	Asia
Special features:	Loved by slugs and snails Needs light to germinate
Use:	Ornamental plant Medicinal plant Cut flower
Climate:	Temperate
Lifecycle:	Perennial Hardy
Eventual height:	20-60 cm
Winter hardiness zones:	6 (-23 bis -18 °C)
Flowering months:	June July August

Growing advice

Soil type:	Humus-rich Fresh Free-draining
Sowing depth:	0 cm
Planting distance:	30 cm
Sunlight:	Full sun
Water requirement:	High
Germination temperature:	15-20°C
When to sow outdoors:	April May June

Perennial shrub for the flower garden. Pre-cultivation from March or direct sowing outdoors from mid-April. Light germination: Sprinkle seed only on the sowing soil and press lightly. The young plants can be planted outdoors from mid-May. The young shoots are very much loved by snails.

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Other names

Botanical name:	Platycodon grandiflorus
German names:	Chinesische Ballonblume
French names:	Le Platycodon, Campanule À Grandes Fleures
English names:	Balloon Flower, Chinese Bellflower, Platycodon

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