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Revised May 2002

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Contents

• Description of terms and cultural requirements
• Anemone, Japanese
• Anthemis, Golden Marguerite
• Artemisia
• Aster, Michaelmas daisy
• Astilbe
• Baby's breath
• Balloon flower
• Basket-of-gold
• Beardtongue
• Bee-balm
• Bellflower
• Bergenia
• Blackberry lily
• Blackeyed-susan
• Bleeding heart, Old-fashioned
• Blue false indigo
• Blue flax
• Boltonia
• Brunnera, Siberian bugloss
• Butterfly weed
• Candytuft, evergreen
• Chrysanthemum
• Columbine
• Coneflower, purple
• Coral bells
• Coreopsis, Thread-leaf tickseed
• Daylily
• Delphinium
• Evening primrose
• False dragonhead
• False sunflower
• Foamflower
• Foxglove
• Gaillardia
• Geum, Avens
• Globe thistle
• Globeflower
• Goose-neck loosestrife
• Helenium, Sneezeweed
• Hibiscus
• Hollyhock
• Hosta, Plantain lily
• Iris, German
• Iris, Japanese
• Iris, Siberian
• Lady's mantle
• Lamb's ears
• Lavender
• Leadwort
• Lenten rose
• Leopard's bane
• Liatris, Gayfeather
• Lily turf
• Lily-of-the-valley
• Loosestrife, yellow
• Lungwort
• Lupine
• Meadow rue
• Meadow sweet
• Painted daisy, Pyrethrum
• Pasque flower
• Peony
• Perennial salvia
• Phlox, creeping
• Phlox, garden
• Pincushion flower
• Pink, cottage
• Pink, maiden
• Poppy, Iceland
• Poppy, Oriental
• Primula, Primrose
• Red-hot poker, Tritoma
• Rock soapwort
• Russian sage
• Sea lavender
• Sedum, Stonecrop
• Shasta daisy
• Snow-in-summer
• Spiderwort
• Stoke's aster
• Sweet pea, perennial
• Sweet William
• Thrift
• Tickseed
• Veronica, Speedwell
• Violet
• Yarrow, Sneezewort

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Flowering Perennials: Characteristics and Culture

Balloon flower

• Scientific name
  Platycodon grandiflorum
• Height
  18 to 24 inches
• Bloom period
  May to August
• Color
  Blue, white, pink
• Light
  Full sun
• Moisture
  Well drained
• Soil
  Sandy loam
• Relative ease of care
  Moderate
• Remarks
  Weak-stemmed plant, may need staking. Avoid wet places.

G6650, revised May 2002

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