[agapanthus]

It must have been in a pot of lilies that was here before we came. The lilies were transplanted and since got wrecked by the chooks and this turned up in it's place a couple of months ago. Look like some sort of campanula to me but I could be wrong.

[gobs]

Aren't they balloon flowers? :?

[johnhar]

HI AGAPANTHUS
NICE PICTURE THE PLANT IS PLATYCODRON GRANDIFLORUS
IT IS A PERENNIAL GROWING TO 600mm TALL X 300mm SPREAD. WAS AT ONE TIME GROWN IN EVERY FLOWER BORDER BUT CAN BE A LITTLE INVASIVE BUT NOT TO BAD DOES NOT LIKE TO BE DISTURBED & SHOULD NOT BE DIVIDED PROPAGETION IS ALLWAYS BY SEED
HOPE THIS HELPS

[agapanthus]

Thanks for that John....it was well and truly disturbed by the chooks, but perhaps a little of what they left behind them....(poo) helped to revive it!!

[rainie]

is it also called perriwinkle?

[gobs]

is it also called perriwinkle?

No, Platycodon grandiflorus or bog standard balloon flower in English, periwinkle is another thing.

[jaycee]

Looks nice. Think I will try growing it next year in the flower garden. Hope seeds are easy to come by.

[gobs]

Yes, can be tricky to germinate though.

[jaycee]

Thanks Gobs will let you know next year how I go on.

[mrs bouquet]

my significant OH who is looking over my shoulder, says it looks like chicken wire, but he's lost the plot anyway!  Mrs Bouquet.

[agapanthus]

my significant OH who is looking over my shoulder, says it looks like chicken wire, but he's lost the plot anyway!  Mrs Bouquet.

....he certainly has.....it's rabbit wire!!!!!

[gobs]