How Do You Transplant A Chinese Lantern Plant?
The Chinese lantern plant is a leafy green plant that produces simple, but interesting, red-orange blooms on a vine. The red blooms do not open like normal flowers, but are instead air-filled little balloon shapes. The blooms resemble decorative Chinese lanterns, which lead to the plant’s unorthodox common name. The plant also produces sweet cherry tomato-like fruits. Use caution when you eat the berries, though, because they are poisonous before fully ripened. Find a location in your yard that receives partial sunlight all day long. Full sun may overwhelm your Chinese lantern plant. Clear the location of all debris and weeds. Dig into the soil at least 12 inches deep, mixing in some light fertilizers. Crush down all clumps of large soil and remove all other debris. Dig the new hole for your Chinese lantern plant before you remove the existing Chinese lantern plant from its original soil. Make the hole 16 inches wide and 24 inches deep. This allows plenty of room for you to refit the r
