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Gomphocarpus (Asclepias) physocarpus - Balloon Plant - Apocynaceae (The Dogbane Family)
Gomphocarpus (Asclepias) physocarpus - Balloon Plant - Gomphocarpus physocarpus (previously Asclepias) is a cool milkweed relative known as balloon plant or hairy balls!
Gomphocarpus (Asclepias) physocarpus - Gomphocarpus physocarpus (previously Asclepias) is a cool milkweed relative known as balloon plant or hairy balls!
 
11cm/15cm
Price: $16.99
Zone Hardiness: 8-10
Light: Full Sun
Height: 4-6'
Width: 2-3'
Flower Colour: White/Cream


Availability: Shipping begins in May/June when plants are ready.
Product Code: 13716
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Description Fine Print
 
Gomphocarpus physocarpus (previously Asclepias) is a peculiar milkweed relative from southern African known as balloon plant or hairy balls! The small flowers look much like a milkweed in shades of white and lavender held in small clusters. The seed pods, however, are large, weird, and intriguing. They look like inflated, green, hairy balloons! Requires full sun and dry to medium well-drained soil. Use in the sunny border, cottage and butterfly gardens or in containers. It is a subshrub that can be protected and overwintered or it can be treated like an annual. The flowers are popular with butterflies.
Details
  • Class: Deciduous
  • Soil Moisture: Average, Dry
  • Flowering Time: Summer
  • Fragrant: No
  • Foliage Colour: Green
  • Deer Resistant: Yes
  • Attracts: Butterflies, Bees
  • Habitat: Dry areas, prairies, pastures, woodland openings, ditches and disturbed ground, often on limestone soils in the midwestern, eastern and southeastern US
  • Geographical Origin: Europe and Africa - Southern Africa and Madagascar
  • BC Native: No


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