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Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Blue
Lavender
Purple
Other: Lavender/Blue flowers with deep purple-blue veins. Semi-double to double blooms.
Flower Time: Summer
Underground structures: Taproot
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Miscellaneous: Goes Dormant

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Common names
  • Balloon Flower

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Location: Mason, New Hampshire
Date: 2016-07-20
Location: Mason, New Hampshire
Date: 2017-07-22
photo credit: Robert Duval
Location: Mason, New Hampshire
Date: 2018-07-15
photo credit: Robert Duval
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2014-07-02
Location: My garden in N E Pa. 
Date: 2016-06-27
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2014-07-18
Location: Mason, New Hampshire
Date: 2018-07-14
photo credit: Robert Duval
Location: Mason, New Hampshire
Date: 2019-07-20
photo credit: Robert Duval
Location: Mason, New Hampshire
Date: 2017-07-18
photo credit: Robert Duval
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