| Scientific Name: | Platycodon grandiflorus |
| Common Name: | balloon flower |
| Family Name: | Campanulaceae |
| Origin: | S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 3: (-40 to -34 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.4 - 0.7m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Upright |
| Form: | Mounded |
| Texture: | Medium - coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Container planting, Perennial border, Rock garden |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Lanceolate, Ovate, Serrate |
| Flowers: | Cyme, White, Blue, Purple, Pink, Jun-Jul-Aug |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Brown, Black, Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves ovate to lanceolate, most mature to 4-5 cm long x 2-3 cm wide, serrate; flower buds resemble hot air balloons that pop when squeezed, flowers 4-6 cm wide with 5 large, petals, 5 stamens, and star-like stigma with 5 branches. | |