60 seeds| Blue Balloon Flower Seeds - Platycodon grandiflorus - Chinese Bellflower- Hardy Perennial with Unique Balloon Buds and Star Shaped Blooms for Garden Borders#6005 ^Sale

Blue Balloon Flower (Platycodon grandiflorus) is a hardy perennial admired for its unique balloon-shaped buds that burst open into star-like blue blossoms. Compact and reliable, it is perfect for borders, rock gardens, and containers. Easy to grow and long-lived, Balloon Flowers bloom in summer, attract pollinators, and return year after year with minimal care.

Seed Information

• Type: Flower Seeds

• Common Name: Blue Balloon Flower, Chinese Bellflower

• Genus: Platycodon

• Species: Platycodon grandiflorus

• Life Cycle: Perennial

• Features: Unique balloon-shaped buds, star-shaped blue blooms, pollinator friendly, long-lived perennial, ornamental

• Season of Interest: Summer blooming

• Indoor/Outdoor: Both (outdoor borders, containers, rock gardens)

• Sunlight: Full sun to partial shade

• Cultivating Difficulty: Easy to moderate

• Watering: Moderate, prefers well-draining soil

• Climate: Temperate, Humid Subtropical, Mediterranean

• Growth Habit: Upright clumping, 12–24 in tall

• Soil Type: Well-draining loamy or sandy soil

• Soil pH: 5.8–7.5

• Planting Time: Spring after frost or late summer

Grow Instructions

• When to Plant: Sow indoors 6–8 weeks before last frost or directly outdoors after frost danger has passed

• Soil: Well-draining sandy or loamy soil with neutral to slightly acidic pH

• Sunlight: Full sun to partial shade

• Watering: Keep evenly moist but avoid waterlogging

• Spacing: 12–15 inches apart

• Germination: 14–20 days at 65–70°F (18–21°C)

• Bloom Season: Mid to late summer

• Tips: Balloon flowers are slow to emerge in spring—be patient; avoid disturbing roots once established