Small shrub with orange lantern type flowers, anyone know what it is ??

Sounds like Physalis alkekengi or Chinese Lantern





You can dip the fruits in chocolate and eat them!

Small shrub with orange lantern type flowers, anyone know what it is ??
as it a berry in the lantern


if yes its most likely physalis


chinese lantern
Reply:chinese lantern also know as cape gooseberry.
Reply:just one word of advice ,although Chinese lantern are a pretty


plant to look at while on flower the roots are very much like bell-vine and can take over that area of garden, also like bell-vine if dug up any part of the root left will grow.


So I can only advise to keep the plant contained in a pot or area were it will not take over your garden.
Reply:Chinese Lantern
Reply:Chinese Lantern.
Reply:Although many answerers refer to Physalis, possibly due to its common name of Chinese lanterns, I woudn't, myself, consider Physalis to be a shrub, as it doesn't have a persistent woody stucture.





As the flowers, rather than the fruits, are referred to as lantern-like, perhaps, if it is evergreen, it might be Crinodendron hookerianum
Reply:could be physalis (not syphilis=0)) does it have a little fruit inside the lantern?
Reply:We've always called them Chinese Lantern plant. Good fun to cut and dry on the stem.
Reply:Sounds like Chinese lantern plant, physalis, which has a colorful orange seed pod, but it is a perennial plant, not a shrub. OR it could be Aubutilon, which is a tender shrub that has lantern-shaped flowers, in may colors including orange. Also called lantern plant.
Reply:The botanical name for Chinese Lantern is Abutilon hybridumit is in the same familily of plants as are Hibisicus rosa-sinensis- the Malvalaceae family
Reply:FatKid is right - they are Chinese lanterns which are very pretty and can be dried for flower arrangements.
Reply:Physalis Alkekengi - though it's a perennial not a shrub. You can eat the fruits when they are ripe :-) If it likes it's spot it can be very invasive. We dry them and spray them for Christmas decorations for school.

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