{"id":572,"date":"2009-08-16T18:24:24","date_gmt":"2009-08-16T22:24:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/photo\/?p=572"},"modified":"2012-04-29T18:12:00","modified_gmt":"2012-04-29T22:12:00","slug":"blooming-purple-balloon-flower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/photo\/2009\/08\/16\/blooming-purple-balloon-flower\/","title":{"rendered":"Blooming Purple Balloon Flower"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--CusAds--><p><a href=\"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/photo\/2009\/08\/16\/blooming-purple-balloon-flower\/3813191262_ecfcdfab8f_b\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1661\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/photo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/3813191262_ecfcdfab8f_b.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Blooming Purple Balloon Flower\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1661\" srcset=\"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/photo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/3813191262_ecfcdfab8f_b.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/photo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/3813191262_ecfcdfab8f_b-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My Balloon flowers are happy this summer &#8211; at the least the deep blue\/ purple ones are anyways! They&#8217;re taller than normal and blooming like crazy!<\/p><!--CusAds-->\n<p>They&#8217;re such interesting flowers.  They&#8217;re called Balloon flowers because as the <a href=\"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/photo\/2006\/07\/28\/odd-bud\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">flower buds<\/a> develop they look like balloons (yes the buds are hollow and the petals unfold when they bloom).  The flowers only last a day or so, but there&#8217;s always new ones to take their place.<\/p>\n<!--CusAds--><p>I have some Balloon flowers growing in my front garden bed and admirers walking by my house often as about these unusual flowers. 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They&#8217;re taller than normal and blooming like crazy! They&#8217;re such interesting flowers. 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