NOTICE!!!!: WE SHIP MONDAYS ONLY straight from our Upper Michigan Licensed Nursery to ensure your live plants arrive to you prior to a weekend. Lead time is up to (7) days depending on which day of the week you order for Monday shipping. GUARANTEED Only healthy and Hardy plants shipped! WHAT YOU WILL RECEIVE: (3) HEALTHY PLANTS APPROX 6-8" shipped with large root system without pot. NOTE: PLANTS ARE NOW STARTING TO GO INTO DORMANCY.EXPECT yellowed leaves and/or leaf drop. Physalis alkekengi Chinese Lantern Plant-USDA Zone: 2-9 Popular for the papery bright-orange lantern pods that develop around the ripening fruit, these are often cut and used for Thanksgiving and Halloween arrangements. Plants are aggressive spreaders, and best kept out of the perennial border so they don't take over. Also can be grown in tubs. Small white flowers appear in midsummer, over a bushy mound of coarse green leaves. Pods are green at first, but should be harvested as soon as the orange colour develops, the leaves stripped then stems hung upside down to dry in a warm dark room. Further details for Physalis alkekengi Optimal Growing Conditions Appearance and Characteristics Sun Exposure Full Sun or Partial Shade Soil Type Normal or Sandy or Clay Soil pH Neutral or Alkaline or Acid Soil Moisture Average or Moist Care Level Easy Flower Colour White Blooming Time Mid Summer Foliage Color Deep Green Plant Uses & Characteristics Accent: Good Texture/Form Attracts Butterflies Border Containers Cut Flower Deer Resistant Dried Flower Massed Poisonous/Toxic Specimen Flower Head Size Small Height 60-90 cm 23-35 inches Spread 60-90 cm 23-35 inches Foot Traffic None Growth Rate Fast

• Super Hardy Zones 2-9
• Excellant for dried Floral
• Fall Color Display
• Halloween Decor

Super Hardy Zones 2-9