Rare House Plant

CARDIOSPERMUM HALICACABUM Balloon Vine  COMMON NAMES : Winter cherry,Balloon Vine, Love-in-a-puff, heart pea, heart-seed,Wel Penela (Srilankan), Kottavan / Modikkottan / Mudakattan (Tamil)  BOTANIC NAME Genus  : CARDIOSPERMUM Species : HALICACABUM TYPE   : annual or sometimes perennial,Biennial, Herbaceous FAMILY   : SAPINDACEAE ORIGINS   : tropical and subtropical (Africa, Asia ,N. America. Locally naturalized in S. Australia CLIMATE ZONE : 6 -8 FLOWER COLOUR   : white, about 4 mm diameter, pedicels 1.5-3.0 mm long, sepals free 3-4 mm long, petals obovate, 3X1.5 mm, stamens 8, free, overy obovoid, 2-3 mm long. Capsules subglobose, turbinate or broadly pyriform, 1.2-1.8 cm wide, winged at angles. Seeds 3 one in each locule. BLOOM TIME (Australia) : July to August-September December LIGHT EXPOSURE   : sunny to sheltered, Unable to    gro...

CALIBRACHOA X HYBRIDA Superbells from my garden COMMON NAMES : Million Bells, Superbells BOTANIC NAME Genus  : Calibrachoa Species : Hybrida TYPE   : Herbaceous perennial, Annual FAMILY   : Solanaceae ORIGINS   : South America CLIMATE ZONE : 8 to 10 FLOWER COLOUR   : Assorted - Violet, blue, pink, red, magenta, yellow, bronze, white BLOOM TIME (Australia) : Spring, Summer, Fall to Frost (January- April, October-December) LIGHT EXPOSURE   : Full /Light Shade, Morning sun RATE OF GROWTH   : Fast/ Moderate WIND     : Medium EVERGREEN : Yes HEIGHT : 1-2 feet SPREAD : 1-2 feet POSITION : B...