Balloon vine (heart seed, heart-pea, love in a puff, wintercherry)
Heart-pea - Cardiospermum halicacabum.
This liana plant becomes especially attractive after flowering, during the period of formation of ovaries. The plant is long-vineed, fast-growing, with three-part carved leaves. With the help of tendrils it quickly climbs up a vertical support. The flowers are small, white. Strongly swollen ovaries look like heart-shaped balloons with a diameter of 3-5 cm.
The plant loves light and heat, grows well in fairly moist, well-drained soils.
It is used to decorate balconies, pergolas, gazebos, as a valuable floristic material for decorative compositions.
The optimum soil temperature for seed germination is +20+25°С.
Planting seeds in closed ground: III.
Planting seedlings: V-VI.
Flowering: VII.
Planting pattern: 50x60 cm.
Plant height: 180-300 cm.
This liana plant becomes especially attractive after flowering, during the period of formation of ovaries. The plant is long-vineed, fast-growing, with three-part carved leaves. With the help of tendrils it quickly climbs up a vertical support. The flowers are small, white. Strongly swollen ovaries look like heart-shaped balloons with a diameter of 3-5 cm.
The plant loves light and heat, grows well in fairly moist, well-drained soils.
It is used to decorate balconies, pergolas, gazebos, as a valuable floristic material for decorative compositions.
The optimum soil temperature for seed germination is +20+25°С.
Planting seeds in closed ground: III.
Planting seedlings: V-VI.
Flowering: VII.
Planting pattern: 50x60 cm.
Plant height: 180-300 cm.
Balloon vine, heart seed, heart-pea, love in a puff, wintercherry.