Platycodon 'Fuji Mix'
"Mixed balloon flowers"
Orders placed before 1 March 2025
You can expect your order in February/March 2025
Orders placed 1 March - 15 April 2025
You can expect your order in March/April 2025
Orders placed 16 April - 15 May 2025
You can expect your order within 10 business days
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Description
Platycodon 'Fuji Mix' offers a stunning blend of blue, pink, and white blooms that capture the essence of a country meadow and bring charm to any British garden. This enchanting mix of balloon flowers features upright stems adorned with balloon-like buds that burst into exquisite bell-shaped flowers, showcasing delicate veining and star-shaped petals. Perfect for cottage-style, meadow-inspired spaces, or wild areas with ornamental grasses, these resilient perennials thrive in full sun or partial shade and are typically pest-free, ensuring a low-maintenance delight.
Growing to a mature height of approximately 60cm, Platycodon 'Fuji Mix' is ideal for borders, meadow corners, or large containers. The ethereal flowers attract pollinators, adding life and movement to your garden. With regular deadheading, enjoy a vigorous succession of blooms throughout the summer. Adaptable to most soil types, these hardy plants can handle tricky clay or sandy soils, though starting them in pots with compost aids in establishing a strong root system for optimal growth.
Create a vibrant, pollinator-friendly haven with Platycodon grandiflorus 'Fuji Mix', boasting a harmonious blend of silvery-blue, blushed pink, and starry white balloon flowers that return each year, flourishing with even more flowering stems. Perfect for adding a fairytale feel to your garden, these starry blooms promise to enchant and endure, making them a versatile and delightful addition to any landscape.
Key features
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Good for cutting
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Comes back every year
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Attractive to wildlife
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Loved by pollinators
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Thrives well in full sun
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In peat-free compost
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Low maintenance
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Fully hardy
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Rodent resistant
Specs & details
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Botanical name
Platycodon grandiflorus
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Flower colour
Various
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Plant size
1
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Established height
50-70cm
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Established spread
50-70cm
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Plant spacing
5 plants per m2
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Leaf colour
Green
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Habit
Upright
Clump-forming -
Life cycle
Perennial
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Hardiness
Fully hardy
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Years to establish
1-2 years
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Sunlight
Full sun
Partial shade -
Position
Sheltered
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Suitable for
Large containers
Borders
Wildlife gardens
Cottage gardens
Low maintenance gardens
Cut flower gardens -
Soil acidity
Any
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Soil moisture
Free draining
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Soil type
Loam
Sandy
Multipurpose compost
Loam-based compost -
Growing skill
Easy to grow
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Scented
No
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Pollinator-friendly
Yes
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Mouse resistant
Yes
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Rabbit resistant
No
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Deer resistant
No
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Toxicity
No report
Plant calendar
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | June | July | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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- Planting
- Flowering
Useful information
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Soak your Platycodon 'Fuji Mix' roots in water for 3-6 hours prior to planting.
Plant your "Mixed balloon flowers" bare roots into temporary pots with a multipurpose compost in spring and grow-on in a sheltered spot outdoors.
Choose a pot which comfortably fits the bare roots. Some have a noticeable crown which should be just below the soil surface with any top growth exposed.
Plant out into borders or permanent containers in late spring or early summer once in full growth. Choose a position in sun or shade depending on the variety.
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Orders placed before 1 March 2025
You can expect your order in Feb/March 2025Orders placed 1 March - 15 April 2025
You can expect your order in April 2025Orders placed 16 April - 15 May 2025
You can expect your order within 10 business days
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