<p>Very showy, cool summer blue! The kids will get a kick watching the large balloon-like buds pop open to 2-3 inch star-shaped blooms. Please support the plants for best garden effect. May bloom first year if started early indoors. Flowers July-August. 30-36 in. tall. (Platycodon grandiflorum) Sun. Perennial, Zones 3-8.</p>