Wednesday, August 13, 2008

White and Blue Balloon Flower Buds


Balloon Flower
Platycodon grandiflorus
(plat-ee-KO-don) (gran-dih-FLOR-us)

12 comments:

Anonymous said...

So much anticipation...gorgeous!

Jack said...

Oh those are great! I've never seen anything like that before :)

Princess said...

Great shot. The flower brings back childhood memories. Do you also pop it against your forehead?
Thank you for sharing.

Ryanne said...

I can see why they call it a ballon flower, I hope you are going to post the the open flowers shots too.

WiseAcre said...

I come looking for more coneflowers and you hand me balloons :)

I'm leaving happy. Great shot of the blue.

Mojo said...

Never seen these... at least not in this stage of development. What do they look like when they're open?
-Mojo

Minkydo said...

Very pretty. Thanks for stopping by my blog earlier.

Anonymous said...

Wow, they look like they're just about to pop!

i beati said...

want to see this bloom !!! sandy

Unknown said...

These are just the buds? I can't wait to see the blooms!

Anonymous said...

Beautiful....

Philippine flower delivery said...

This is really fabulous.Glad to see it in real.

-Ava