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Chinese Lantern Seeds

Chinese Lantern Seeds

Pack contains: 100+ seeds

Regular price $5.95 CAD
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Chinese Lantern (Physalis alkekengi), also called Japanese Lantern or Winter Cherry, is a perennial grown for papery orange to red husks that enclose the fruit. The dried husks retain their colour and are often used in wreaths and flower arrangements.

Small white flowers open in summer before the lantern shaped husks develop.

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Starting this seed

  1. Cold2 to 4 weeksCold stratification
  2. SowAfter the cold stage
Hardiness
Zone 3
Mature size
2 to 3 ft
How to stratify seed

In the fridge. Put the seed in a bag with a damp medium such as peat moss, vermiculite, sand or coco coir. The medium is only there to hold moisture. Keep the bag in the fridge, above freezing, for the cold period shown, then sow.

Or outside. Sow the seed outdoors in the fall and let winter do the cold period.

The full stratification guide →

The plant these seeds grow into

Cold hardinessZone 3 · Canadian maps for this plant
Cold hardiness · Zone 3
Canadian climate map with provinces outlined; highlighted minimum zone: 3

Zone 3 and warmer

The map shows minimum winter hardiness. Soil, moisture and summer warmth also affect how a plant grows.

About these maps

Climate: Natural Resources Canada, 1991–2020. Provincial distribution: VASCAN via retained botanical research. Province outlines: Natural Earth, public domain.

Open Government Licence – Canada