{"id":748,"date":"2007-08-08T20:02:43","date_gmt":"2007-08-09T00:02:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/2007\/08\/08\/balloons-in-the-garden\/"},"modified":"2010-10-07T22:30:15","modified_gmt":"2010-10-08T02:30:15","slug":"balloons-in-the-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/2007\/08\/08\/balloons-in-the-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"Balloons in the garden"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--CusAds--><p align=\"center\"><strong>Wordless Wednesday<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/dragonden\/1005135924\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener noreferrer\" class=\"ext-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1036\/1005135924_494334832d.jpg\" alt=\"Balloon Flower Purple\" height=\"302\" width=\"451\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Balloon flower is a pretty flower once it becomes established in your garden. <\/p>\n<div class=\"912745ff53504cd4aef8ff3ef7b9aa95\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px 0 10px 10px;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-3375789278566919\";\r\n\/* gardengrows_300x250inpost *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"4054669721\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p> I have three of this bluish purple kind, as well as two white balloon flower plants and one pink balloon flower plant.   Yes, I love balloon flowers. Can you tell?<\/p><!--CusAds-->\n<p>In the lower right corner I think that you can see a bud forming.  The petals are folded in and as the bud grows it looks like a hollow ball or a balloon.  When it finally opens the flower appears as above.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately the flower, once it&#8217;s bloomed, doesn&#8217;t last long &#8211; perhaps a day at most.  The flower dies quickly and droops like a wet rag.<\/p>\n<!--CusAds--><p>I&#8217;d just finished picking off a bunch of dead flowers before I took this photo. That&#8217;s why there&#8217;s so many flowerless stalks.  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I have three of this bluish purple kind, as well as two white balloon flower plants and one pink balloon flower plant. Yes, I love balloon flowers. Can you tell? 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