“Garden” posts are often updated.
Questions and quandaries welcome.
I love the outdoors and talking about nature as it effect how things grow.
I’m fascinated by all the different bugs and bacteria that live in the elements.
Balloon flower
Platycodon Grandiflorus
Native to East Asia
Planted In my west Garden 2016 – Perennial zone 6
Yellow/green flower buds turn blue and look like an origami balloon and then open.
Dried root herb in Asian remedies.
Tiger Lily
Liliu Lancifolium
Origin – Asia (China, Japan, Korea and the Russian Far East)
Planted In my Kansas West garden – 2013
07-2018 – Only 2 flowers this year due to the tops being frosted several times this spring. 2018
I wonder if the seeds, that form on the stock, will still be productive?
I collect the seeds when they start to fall off and spread them where I want them to grow.
This keeps them from receding themselves outside of the flower bed.
