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Chinese Lantern Questions
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Posted by MannyE z10 Miami Beach (My Page) on Sun, Aug 8, 04 at 20:25
| The latin name is Physalis alkekengi. They are supposed to have bright orange calyxes (this is the way they spell it on the label)
I have found out on the forum and through a little internet research that this is the same family as the gooseberry, tomatillo, etc.
If someone has experience with these, please let me know if they will survive in the summer sun here in Miami Beach. Or if they do well in shade.
Also...how high do these grow? Can I train them up a trellis? I would love to use them as an ornamental, but I have no idea how big this gets, if it grows up, out, vine-like, or ground coverish. PLease help.
Also..peat moss before planting? |
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RE: Chinese Lantern Questions
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| Be careful here. Chinese Lantern, genus Abutilon is the plant that is vine-like. The tomatillo-ish Chinese Lantern Plant, Physalis, grows here in Portland in sun or shade. A very showy plant. Around here they get 2 to 3 feet tall, the taller ones tend to flop. They come back from the rootstock every year, in Florida this should be more reliable than here. I doubt it would need an overly acidic soil, like peat. The Western Garden Book recommends "light soil". |
RE: Chinese Lantern Questions
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| And I would like to add, pretty invasive. |
RE: Chinese Lantern Questions
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| These don't grow like vines..... you can't train them up a trellia and I don't think they're good for eating..... |
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- Posted by MannyE z10 Miami Beach (My Page) on
Thu, Sep 16, 04 at 22:26
| According to Richter's Herbs, these are used in Chinese medicing to treat gout, and westerners use them to make jam/jelly. |
RE: Chinese Lantern Questions
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When does the chinese lantern bloom?
I am in Maryland and planted chinese lantern last year.
I do see the plants but they did not bloom yet this year.
The japanese beetles like these chinese lantern plants lot,
so i am not sure if they do not bloom because of that. |
RE: Chinese Lantern Questions
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| They should bloom the second year from having planted seeds. It doesn't bloom here until well into summer, perhaps July/August. If the beetles ate all new growth at stem tips rather than mature leaves, this would eliminate bloom buds. |
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- Posted by njhb 7TN (My Page) on
Fri, Sep 2, 05 at 20:43
| The lanterns of my Chinese lantern plants are falling off before they have a chance to turn red. Also, the pods seem to be small. What is the soil lacking or what am I doing wrong. Thanks for any info. |
RE: Chinese Lantern Questions
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Beware Physalis! Here in Hawaii they seed all over the place, sun, shade, seems to make no difference, they are everywhere! I don't know anything about the vine type however. Our soil is sandy, sitting on top of bluerock, the hardest substance known to man, according to my husband who is the hole digger in the family!
Good luck!
Jenny |
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