• Eventual Height: 75cm
  • Eventual Spread: 90cm
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Chinese Lantern

Physalis alkekengi var. franchetii

available within 2 weeks. size: 2 litre pot £5.95

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  • Position: full sun or partial shade
  • Soil: any well-drained soil
  • Rate of growth: fast-growing
  • Flowering period: July to August
  • Flower colour: creamy-white
  • Other features: all parts of the plant may cause a mild stomach upset if ingested; the papery lanterns make wonderful dried flower arrangements; triangular or diamond-shaped mid-green leaves
  • Hardiness: fully hardy

    Tiny, creamy-white flowers from July to August followed by bright orange-scarlet berries enclosed by papery, red lanterns. Chinese lanterns are perfect for providing autumn interest in well-drained areas of the garden. To prevent them from becoming invasive try cutting a slit trench around the crown of the plant with a spade each autumn.

  • Garden care: To check the spread of underground stems cut the area round the crown of the plant with a spade each autumn. Lift and divide congested colonies in spring.

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