I have searched, and searched, and searched... and somehow an on-line source for Balloon Flower cultivars has escaped me. I have had no trouble sourcing the pinks and blues and whites. What I cannot seem to find are sources for the doubles and the ones with multi-colored petals... and whatever else is out there.
For instance...





I could really use some help with this.
Thanks very much.

I have the multi colored plants, but the seeds will not be avail until the fall.

Try Graceful Gardens. (www.gracefulgardens.com) they have a double 'Hakone Double Blue'. They send great plants at a great price $3.50 each but you have to buy in multiples of 4 and fill a tray of 32.

Hi John @jathton

Hakone Blue is a seed-grown variety. Swallowtail seeds offers 30 seeds for $3.29. I've purchased seeds of other flowers from them, very good results.

The 'Astra' seed grown series are dwarf plants available in blue, pink, white, and lavender. There are both single and double flowered ones. I've seen mixed color packets of the doubles offered by seed sellers in the past. The seeds seem to be scarce this year.

Plants of Hakone and various Astra ones are available at several nurseries listed in a Google search.

Platycodon are easy to grow from seeds but rather slow. You won't get flowers the first year from most kinds but May-June is an excellent time to start them for next year and thereafter (A happy Playcodon can outlive several generations of people). I start mine in a commercial seed starting mix indoors.

I think variegated (contrasting-veined) ones show up sporadically in seed grown plants.

Hope you find what you want!

Pat

Platycodon grandiflorus 'Axminster Streaked' seeds can be found at Hayefield Seeds, https://hayefield.com/product/....