Some new flowers have popped up in the yard, they’re pretty neat looking and purplish in color with dark bluish veins through the petals. The flower has 5 points and the petals are all one piece, not individual petals. The middle of the flower is white with a blue bulb at the tip. I managed to catch these flowers while mid-bloom, so some of them are still closed, and their shape is also pretty interesting when closed. They look like a puffed up 5 sided star. Apparently they usually bloom with 5 ‘petals’ but for some reason oen of them has 7 points.
After doing some searching I’ve found that these flowers are a ‘Balloon Flower’ or ‘ Chinese/Japanese Bellflower’ or more specifically Platycodon grandiflorus, they come in a varietty of colors. There are a lot more buds on these plants and I’m hoping that they will all bloom, it will look really nice.
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- Platycodon grandiflorus Balloon
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- Platycodon grandiflorus
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- 7 petal Platycodon grandiflorus
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Follow-up RSS Comments Feed or Leave a TrackbackWow those are gorgeous. The color is beautiful and that first photo it looks like a beautiful umbrella.
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