Platycodon grandiflorus syn. Campanula grandiflora

💜🎈 #balloon-flower #platycodon

Cool #collage

A favorite of mine. Yours look amazing 🤩

These fascinate me 💜

Lovely 😊 I can’t even find mine

Love these. Pretty colour. 💜

@brightcolours @philstalder @juliesgarden @vegandmore @hkyfvr thanks all ☺️ they’re fascinating flowers. Love to see them pre-pop 💥😅

Very welcome. Must try them again. I lost my first one. 🥺

@hkyfvr they do have a tendency to rot apparently. Mine have done well in pots so might be worth trying another in a pot til it gets big 😘

Thanks for the advice Kerry. Will have to try that. 😍

@hkyfvr you’re always welcome 😘

💜🎈 #balloon-flower #platycodon

Lovely. I saved seeds last year, but none germinated.

Love these Kerry. I miss mine. Maybe next year 🤔💜

No sign of mine this year 🤔

I must get some for next year. Mine didn’t come back 💙🤔

@novicegardenlover that’s such a shame 😞 never even thought to save seed but will be trying now 😛

@hkyfvr always worth another go with these ☺️

@gjones that’s the best stage, just as the balloons are about to pop 💥

@vegandmore oh no 😥 had a few rot away over the years but seems random whether they come back or not 😜😂

@pelly they’re one you can’t help keep trying with 😛

I definitely think so. Love them. 💙💜

#balloon-flower #platycodon

Beautiful Kerry 😍

Perfect pics 💙💙💙

Love these 💙

I can see how it gets it’s name 🎈

Fantastic photos. Love this flower 💙💜

Up, up and away 🎈💜🎈💜

@topiarytragedy @pelly @juliesgarden @debs69 @hkyfvr @italydiva thank you ladies 😀 fascinating little flowers at every stage 💜💙

Very welcome. They really are 💙💜

#balloon-flower #platycodon

Love these 💙🤍💙

Lovely 😊 mine are only just starting to flower

@gjones @hkyfvr thank you both 😛 was hoping they’d combine well together and fortunately opened at the same time too 😁

@vegandmore thanks Christine ☺️ nice to have them flowering now. Most are already finished 😜

Very welcome. I just noticed the balloons ready to pop. I must look more carefully at these posts. Love the two colours together 💙🤍

@hkyfvr they’re the strangest but most fun flowers. The un-popped stage is the best 😛

I wish mine had grown this year. May try next year. Love the unpopped stage too 💙🤍

@hkyfvr I hope you do give them another go. Hopefully you’ll have better luck 🤞🏻

Thanks Kerry. I hope so too. They look so pretty and the pop open is awesome. 😍😍

#balloon-flower #platycodon

Now this is highly #pentagonal

Ooh it looks like that paper folded game I played as a kid.

Love these I’ve got white 👍🏼💜

That looks amazing 😍

Mine is not far behind 💜💜💜

None of mine have come up this year 🙄

@emch so perfectly formed 🤯

@DeborahBanks yessss! The fortune teller game, pick a number - pick a colour 😂 god I feel old 🤣

@wagsmomthompsonbtinternetcom the white ones are beautiful 🤍 had a pink one but think it’s mush now 😝

@hkyfvr they’re such fun looking flowers 😛 did yours make an appearance?

@ublaszko did you have them in your old garden?

#balloon-flower #platycodon #wildlifewednesday

Nice photo Kerry its hard to photo those little guys

Love watching these open, mine shouldn't be long 💙💙💙

Very nice 💜 Mine are nowhere near flowering yet

Really nice photo 💙

@alan1111 thank you Alan 😀 I didn’t even notice them until I looked back at the photo 😂 was taking a picture of another flower on this plant and these were in the background 😜

@pelly I like them best when they’re at the ‘alien’ stage 😉 they look properly like balloons for such a short time 🎈

@jeatacake thanks Jeff 😃 this one is miles in front of the others for some reason 😜 nothing stays on schedule 😅

@wagsmomthompsonbtinternetcom thank you Elaine 😄 was a happy accident 😛

@gjones did you get the blue one? They’re amazing flowers at every stage. Just love how all the petals are joined, looking like a popped balloon even when it’s open 😅

@gjones the pink one is pretty but I found it’s harder to keep alive for some reason 😕 a 3’ tall one??? Wow! I bet that looked great! The short ones flop so can imagine that a 3’ one was a little tricky to keep upright 😜

Never seen a blue balloon before.

Love the colours of the new growth 💚💙💜 #balloon-flower #platycodon

Another with fascinating new foliage 💜💚

Exciting isn't it, mine are at about the same stage 🎈🎈🎈

Oh no!!! You will just have to buy some more 😂 @auricula

@jeatacake really is fascinating, I love herbaceous perennials for this part! To go from bare soil to a fully grown plant, it’s pretty amazing 🤩

@pelly it is 😛 just seeing ghat hint if blue makes me excited for the flowers 😍

Sure is. Nature never ceases to enthrall us👍😍

Wow...💙💜💙

@wagsmomthompsonbtinternetcom thanks Elaine 😀

@gjones thank you Katy 😃

Been a lot more popping going on! 😉

@jeatacake can’t help myself 🤭😅

😂😂😂😂

Thanks for putting these up kerry. Ive got two growing, and id got no idea what they were 🤣

@davewrightjoinerygooglemail.co 😂 glad I could be of some help 😛

Very pretty 💜💜

@matewe great flowers aren’t they 😁

#purple

Pop! 🎉📍

@ublaszko finally! 🤣

@gjones thanks Katy 😀

Almost ready to pop 😆😆

#balloonflower

Love it..💙 I use to have white ones but this colour is lovely

@ublaszko don’t know why but makes me think of a whoopee cushion 🙈💨

@lovestogarden thank you Janice 😊

@wagsmomthompsonbtinternetcom I can’t keep white ones alive for very long 😜 or pink. Blue are the only ones that seem to make it through summer 😂

😂😂😂😂

@ukjohnny isn’t it 💙 so glad it returned from last year. The heat did it in a little early 😜

@kez001uk That’s sure a pretty color. 👍

@tkept thank you Tom 😁 they’re wonderful little flowers 💜

@kez001uk I just love purple flowers and soft pink too. Like all of them but those are my favorite. Oops I forgot the blood red Celosia. That’s right up there too. There’s really no garden color I dislike. 😁 🥀🌺🌸🌹🌼🌻💐

@tkept soft pinks and purples are gorgeous together 💕💜 and celosia is just an amazing plant in any colour 😍 I’m with you all the way! There’s a place for almost anything in our gardens ☺️ brings so much joy getting to look out at the colours nature creates 🌈

I love that plant! So pretty.

@janetandjim they’re wonderful plants. Love how the petals are all joined together 😛

So pretty Kerry! My #balloonflowers look catastrophic this year. I might've gotten the Hindenburg variety of balloon...

@scottz thank you Scott ☺️ 🤣😂🤣 that bad huh 🤣 these weren’t looking good at all until we got a decent bit of rain. I hope yours pick up soon 🤞🏻

Thank you both @ukjohnny @gjones