Scientific name: Platycodon grandiflorus
Common name: Balloon flower, Chinese bellflower, Japanese bellflower
Chinese name: 桔梗 (jié gěng)
Malay name: Bunga loceng cina
Family: Campanulaceae
Native to : East Asia
Category: Flowering perennial plant
Photo Taken at: My home garden
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Gorgeous bloom. Love the colour.
ReplyDeleteI love the colour!
ReplyDeleteLovely color and detail!
ReplyDeleteSuch a pretty, pretty color. Around here, in coastal texas, any flower with hints of blue or purple are hard to bloom....so this is a special treat.
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Hope your Monday is treating you well!!!!
very pretty!
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One of my favourite flowers!
ReplyDeleteSuch a lovely color and a fun name! :0) Love the pollen spilling out!
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