Gomphocarpus physocarpus (Balloon Cotton Bush)
Gomphocarpus physocarpus (Balloon Cotton Bush)
120 (200)cm, Balloon Cotton Bush is a semi-woody biannual to semiperennial with narrow leaves on upright stems and nodding clusters of fragrant rose and white, star like flowers followed by ornamental balloon like inflated fruits with needle like hairs and blackish seeds with parachute like silky hairs. For any rich well drained soil in full sun throughout the year. Keep plants drier in winter at a minimum of some 15°C. Seeds from a collection made of naturalized plants in dryish rocky soils in the vicinity of Cartagena, Colombia (South America). VII-IX.More Details »