The balloon flower, or platycodon grandiflorum, has balloon-shaped flowers up and down the plant’s stems. Start growing a balloon flower by seed in the spring with instructions from a sustainable gardener in this free video series on flower gardening and plant care.
Expert: Yolanda Vanveen
Contact: www.vanveenbulbs.com
Bio: Yolanda Vanveen is sustainable gardener who lives in Kalama, Wash.
Filmmaker: Daron Stetner
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Sadly you didn't give any info re care/sun/shade etc.Disappointing video.
No info on plant/Sun/Shade? Etc. Poor video!
And their roots are edible in Chinese, Japanese and Korean foods. Clears out mucus and bronchitis.
How to get the seeds from the plant
The title of this video is How To Grow Balloon Flowers. So where's the how to part??
Interestingly enough they are also found wild as far South as Hong Kong where it is a protected species. Here it grows in full sun on mountain slopes. This is it's Southern most extreme where it is found as a native in Asia. No where in Hong Kong is there no high humidity and heat and heavy summer rainfall, even at altitude, so worth trying even in Southern Florida. It looks delicate and temeprate but can take full on wet subtropics, it's the only Campanulacea that can, adding a much cherished true blue to humid warm gardens. Good drainage is essential with high rainfall, although it doesnt like drying out completely except in winter. It doesnt like standing in wet conditions either………..without enough sun it tends to flop, not a problem if you dont mind it popping up its blue head here and there between other plants which it also does happily and effectively, but it's not a shade loving plant. Poor moist soils lacking nutrients in full sun make for sturdier plants so dont over feed. A very mediteranian looking plant however It doesn't like dry med conditions at all , dry heat is not it's thing.
You didn't even say how to grow them, only that they are cold hardy.
Can you please redo this video and explain exactly how to grow the Balloon Flowers? Thank you!
What with people not actually giving growing or taking care instructions. But labeling the video this way😏😏😏
And….?
You seem to have skipped the "how to" part.
all it is , is where they grow and what they look like. how to grow means what to do to make them grow. its not here. rubbish video
Hi! Do the seeds pods need to be completely dry when you harvest the seeds or is it okay if I pull out and plant the seeds when the seed pod is still green?
This video doesn't explain how to care for these flowers at all…. This should be titled "Introducing: Platycodon Balloon Flowers" instead of even mentioning care…..