BALLOON FLOWERS

This is what the first bud of the balloon flower looks like.

It then turns a blue color. I think the bud resembles a

hot air balloon, no doubt the reason for the name balloon

flower. I have many of these plants in my flower garden

in front of the house and also around what used to be a fish

pond, but now is a rock garden. The picture below is what

the flower looks like when in full bloom. When they come

to seed I take and scatter the seed around and get more

plants that come up in the spring.