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The Chinese lantern (Physalis alkekengi) is one plant you definitely want in your garden. This hardy perennial is also known as the winter cherry or the bladder cherry and grows in hardiness zones ...
Once you’ve seen a Chinese Lantern plant you’ll always remember the large, papery, bright orange “lanterns” that are so easy to identify in fall. Native to southern Europe and Asia ...
The annual celebration with a 200-foot dragon will run through Aug. 31 and feature winners from a kids design contest.
A: If the plant that is inundating your home produced a white, five-petaled flower in mid-summer, most likely what you have is Physalis alkekengi (Bladder cherry, Chinese lantern, or Winter cherry).
Although they look and sound very similar to tomatoes, these berries that grow enclosed in a papery, thin husk are more related to Cape gooseberries and Chinese Lantern plants than tomatoes.
They should be fine to plant out once the threat of frost is over in May, when you should think hard about choosing your site. Chinese lanterns like sunny borders but not all-day sunshine ...
Firefighters have called for the use of Chinese ... plant in the West Midlands. More than 200 fire crew members attended the fire in Smethwick. Three of them were taken to hospital. The Chinese ...
One of my favourite and yet most frustrating plants is the Chinese lantern (Physalis alkengii). What I love about it: The plant is grown for its very colourful, bright orange seed pods that ...
This is the dramatic footage showing the moment a Chinese lantern landed in a recycling plant, sparking a blaze which caused £6 million of damage. West Midlands Fire and Rescue Service have ...
A glimmer of Chinese culture will light up the Peoria Zoo this spring with a new spring lantern festival celebrating traditional Chinese legends and lore. Tickets are on sale now for the Glow ...
will host its first-ever Chinese lantern festival from March 19 to May 25. The event, called Zoo Luminate, will feature hundreds of illuminated displays of animals and plants, along with music and ...