Pot Size: 2 litre Price: £12.00 Description: A perennial closely related to Physalis I collected seed of from a sprawling colony on the lower slopes of E'meishan Sichuan in 2000 at 1700m. Forming a low-growing herbaceous much-branched mass with stems to 60cm tall bearing ovate-cordate leaves 5-6cm long. Bearing white or yellow flowers developing into the characteristic bright orange inflated lanterns, but more angled and hairy in this genus, encasing the orange fruit. Easily grown in any fertile drained soil in sun or shade.
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