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Cardiospermum halicacabum |
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| | September: plenty of puffs, most of them green, but some already turned papery brown |
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| Common name |
balloon vine, love in a puff |
| Family |
sapindaceae |
| Life cycle |
tender perennial (Z9-11) |
| Flowers |
white |
| Size |
to 10' |
| Light |
sun-part shade |
From seed  |
scarify seed, germinate warm
detailed seed-starting info below
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| Seed ripens | early September |
Tropical vine. Small white-and-yellow lowers are not showy; the plant is named for the inflated fruit capsules.
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| | Upon ripening, the capsules turn a rich brown |
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| | Each contains three seeds that look like white-capped cannonballs |
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This plant used to grow in our garden, but it slipped away... About my plant portraits
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Visitors to this page have left the following comments| red | Aug 27, 2010 | I have seen this balloon vine in in my province, some children are eating this kind of little friuts, now i know that can cure this for skin problem..
Thank you... |
- Seed from '06 trade. Scarified using sandpaper and small file. Soak 1d. Baggy 75F (100%G, 3-17d)
- Seed from '07 garden. File-nicked, baggy 75F (100%G, 6-8d)
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