Balloon Flower
Platycodon grandiflorus
- Flowering period
- July–August
- Nectar
- mäßig
- Pollen
- mäßig
The balloon flower flowers in July and August and provides moderate nectar with a moderate pollen value. It is a perennial from East Asia, grows twenty to a hundred centimetres tall and is widespread in gardens. Its buds swell up like balloons before opening, hence the name. As a garden perennial it supplements the supply in high summer.