Flowers are white and do not change colors. The seed pod - the 'lantern' - starts out green but matures to orange.

imo.. DO NOT GROW THIS PLANT ....

its only goal in life is world domination ... and no root barrier is going to stop it ...

and for a shiny penny ...... i will tell you how i really feel ...

ken

Well if you say that for this plant there are so many others that like to 'dominate'. At least many of the plants I like such as bamboo, petasites, artemisia princeps, and rubus phoenicolasius. I just think physalis has excellent ornamental value. Nothing like orange lanterns glowing on halloween night.. my favorite holiday

Hey Ken or gardengal, would a spin out root control bag be a good idea to plant the physalis in? I know the purpose of the bag is to prevent mature tree roots from invading the small plant's roots but for the physalis I want to use it to stop this plant from spreading. 11 in wide. https://wrdist.com/tex-r-agroliner-spinout-root-control-bags.html