Balloon Flower 'Fuji White'
Platycodon grandiflorus
4-inch pot
 
A clump-forming perennial that is so named because its flower buds puff up like balloons before bursting open into outward-to-upward-facing, bell-shaped flowers with five pointed lobes.
 
Plants are native to slopes and meadows in China, Japan, Korea and Siberia. 'Fuji White' features 2 inch diameter, pure white flowers which appear singly or in small clusters atop erect stems typically growing 12-24 inches tall.
 
Herbaceous perennial
Full to part sun
Zone 4-8
Grows 1.5 - 2 ft. high x 1 - 1.5 ft. wide
Blooms Jun-Aug
Medium water