200+ CHINESE LANTERN SEEDS --- PERENNIAL -- A RELATIVE OF TOMATILLOS. PLANT GROWS A WHITE FLOWER FOLLOWED BY AN ORANGE FRUIT ENCASED IN A PAPERY HUSK THAT LOOKS LIKE A BRIGHT ORANGE LANTERN.
PLANT AWAY FROM WHERE PETS/LIVESTOCK ROAM. MAINTENANCE WILL BE REQUIRED, PLANT WILL BECOME INVASIVE IF NOT MAINTAINED. WEAR GLOVES WHEN HANDLING.
PLANT WILL MAKE A GREAT ORNAMENTAL IN AUTUMN/HALLOWEEN SEASON.
PLEASE STUDY THE MANY USES OF THIS PLANT.
START SEEDS INDOORS IN LATE WINTER / EARLY SPRING IN CONTAINERS OR SOW DIRECTLY IN SOIL IN MID SPRING TO EARLY SUMMER AFTER THE SOIL HAS WARMED UP.
PLANTING DEPTH = 1/4"
PLANT SPACING = 3'
PLANT HEIGHT = UP TO 3'
HARVEST 90-120 DAYS
PLANT WHERE LANTERNS WILL GET AT LEAST 6+ HOURS OF FULL SUN.