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"Up, up and away... would you like to ride in my beautiful, my beautiful balloon..." the lyric from the Fifth Dimension's hit by Jimmy Webb came to mind almost every time I look at the blue balloon flowers before they open up.
I am always amazed to learn that a great number of people never saw the balloons and only made a cursory glance at those blue flowers after they are opened as star-shaped, bell-like flowers.
Balloon flower, Platycodon grandiflorus, in the family Campanulaceae is considered to be one of the easiest perennials to grow because it requires no special care.
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Mine has to be one of the oldest perennial flowering plants in my garden. It has grown to at least 3 feet. I usually try to deadhead the flowers and trim down the tall flowering stems. I get second blooming in September and October.
There are a few more buds left on the plant at the corner of my front garden. I'll get to watch the balloons a little while longer before having to say goodbye to my last beautiful balloon of the year.
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Wow, That's what Mr Webb was writing about !
Flower's in his garden.
Not Hot Air Balloon's..
Jim Landon
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All these year's I was under the Impression
that Mr. Webb was writing about: Hot Air Balloons.
Hey, Glen Campbell made a living with Jimmy
Webb's song's that J.Webb wrote !
Thank you, Jim Landon
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I tried three times to submit a comment. I GIVE UP...this site doesn't cooperate. Anyway, I can answer you in an email better than using PRO JO...
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Please keep on trying - don't give up (I recently had problems uploading pictures on the garden slide show for several weeks and it turned out to be the problems with the browser I used - not PROJO's problems).
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