Chinese Lantern Physalis Alkekengi is a herbaceous perennial that belongs to the Solanaceae family. Chinese Lantern seeds can be started indoors in early spring, and also called Strawberry Ground Cherry this unique plant blooms with white flowers that produce green seed pods which turn brilliant orange-red in the early fall. The shape of the papery seed pods resembles the shape of a miniature Chinese lantern. Physalis Alkekengi delivers an absolutely unique presentation of orange-red color to a fall garden.
