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Perennial w/ purple flower ID please! Pics included
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karate626 7A Maryland (
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Mon, Jun 11, 12 at 10:32
| This is a short little perennial with large purple blooms. Growing an hour southwest of Atlanta Georgia USDA zone 7.
Here are the pics:
Thanks! |
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RE: Perennial w/ purple flower ID please! Pics included
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| Platycodon grandiflorus or balloon flower. Get rid of those ugly deadheads and you will extend the blooming season. |
Cultivar
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| The most popular dwarf cultivar is 'Sentimental Blue,' though I can't tell from the pictures which it is. |
RE: Perennial w/ purple flower ID please! Pics included
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| It may be too late to encourage new blooms on this plant. Seems that once they form that many seeds, you can't get much more out of them even if you cut them off. Maybe get to it earlier next year? That's some wild mulch! |
RE: Perennial w/ purple flower ID please! Pics included
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| this is defly the short platycodon;likely Sent'l Blue. nice and bushy. |
RE: Perennial w/ purple flower ID please! Pics included
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| If you choose not to deadhead it, and you'd like more plants, it will reseed itself. Watch in the spring for babies at its feet. They can be lifted when small and transplanted to wherever you'd like more of them. |
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