{"id":1887,"date":"2015-01-14T05:06:15","date_gmt":"2015-01-14T12:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1887"},"modified":"2015-01-01T08:57:50","modified_gmt":"2015-01-01T15:57:50","slug":"papery-orange-physalis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/papery-orange-physalis\/","title":{"rendered":"Papery Flowers of Orange Physalis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/papery-orange-physalis\/attachment\/physalis\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1886\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1886\" title=\"physalis\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/physalis.jpg\" alt=\"physalis\" width=\"423\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/physalis.jpg 423w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/physalis-300x238.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 423px) 100vw, 423px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nChinese lantern, Physalis franchetii, <strong>grows from seed<\/strong> and is a very short lived herbaceous perennial. It will grow two feet tall and bear small, white flowers followed by large, balloon-like papery husks in July and August.<\/p>\n<h3>Growing Chinese Lanterns<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The Chinese lantern plant is valued for its inflated orange-red seed coverings or calyx which resemble miniature Chinese lanterns.<\/li>\n<li>Inside each 2-inch long husk is a small <strong>edible<\/strong> but often tasteless red fruit. The lanterns are not edible<\/li>\n<li>The leaves are long pointed and heartshaped.<\/li>\n<li>The plant can <strong>tolerate very cold conditions<\/strong>, flower quickly from seed and like full sun.<\/li>\n<li>For winter bouquets, cut the stems in Autumn just as the lanterns turn color, remove the leaves and hang them, right side up, to dry in a shady, airy place.<\/li>\n<li>They are related to the Cape Gooseberry Physalis peruviana and other species to try include P. Alkekengi<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese lantern, Physalis franchetii, grows from seed and is a very short lived herbaceous perennial. It will grow two feet tall and bear small, white flowers followed by large, balloon-like papery husks in July and August. Growing Chinese Lanterns The Chinese lantern plant is valued for its inflated orange-red seed coverings or calyx which resemble miniature Chinese lanterns. Inside each 2-inch long husk is a small edible but often tasteless red fruit. The lanterns are not edible The leaves are&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/papery-orange-physalis\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-flowers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1887"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1887\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}