Re: balloon flowers

In a message dated 8/23/02 1:35:13 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
corgilover@wi.rr.com writes:

<< These balloon flowers are in a really dumb spot to begin with.  I
 thought they would stay low so I set them on either side of the walk
 up to the hose bib.  Now I have to fight my way through them to turn
 the hose on and off.   >>

I have the plain old white (Platycodon) and a double blue.  I find them very 
drought tolerant and both are floppy.  If you have colors you do not like, 
replace them with something nice, thet are common in the garden centers.  You 
would need to take care of the floppiness in spring with some surrounding 
bush or a cage if it is not to your liking.  Or, you can plant them next to 
something that has stonger stems.  They do bloom late in the season so are 
nice to have.  Ours just flop around and when I have time I use a bamboo 
stick and some cord.  This does not look good if done after they are grown, 
looked tied up in bunch so should be done early.  I think I might be good to 
mention that they emerge very late in the spring so should be marked if you 
tend to forget where plants are located.

Claire Peplowski
NYS z4

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