Balloon Flower – Platycodon grandiflora

Common Name: Balloon Flower, Chinese Bellflower

Botanical Name: Platycodon grandiflora, plat-i-KO-don gran-di-FLOR-a

Decorative Life: 6-10 days.

Flower Color: Blue, Pink, Purple, White

Availability: Summer

• From the Greek ‘platys”, meaning broad and “kodon” for bell, alluding to the bell-shaped form of the flower.

Starman et al. (1995) rated this species (‘Fungi Blue’) as being an average income producer.