DESCRIPTION:

NAME: Chinese Lantern

OTHER COMMON NAMES: Winter Cherry / Strawberry Ground Cherry / Japanese Lantern

SCIENTIFIC NAME: Physalis Alkekengi

COLOR: Orange

PLANT SEEDS: Outdoors after frost / Indoors weeks before last frost

PLANT HEIGHT: 18 - 24"

PLANT SPACING: 24 - 36"

BLOOM TIME: July - Sept

HARDINESS ZONE: 2 - 10 (& reseeds itself easily)

LIGHT REQUIREMENTS: Sun

SOIL & WATER PREFERENCES: Average

QUANTITY: 100 Seeds

OTHER: The papery dried seed pods of this plant are wonderful for dried arrangements because they hold their color very well. Chinese Lanterns can be grown very easily in pots.

Please use caution, especially around children & pets - From pfaf.org: 'All parts of the plant, except the RIPE fruit, are poisonous.' This includes the calyx, do not eat it.

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