Chinese Lanterns are hardy perennials that provide colour and beauty with small white bell-shaped flowers in the summer and then again in the fall when a calyx, the pumpkin orange paperlike pod, grows to protect the plant’s flower and fruit. Although they are uniquely beautiful, the plant needs to be respected as all parts – berries, seed pods and leaves – are highly toxic. /ANDREA ARNOLDRelated Posts:GoldenChinese New Year tributeFall foliageApril showers bring May.....harvest?Fist annual harvest fun fair a successPost navigationSandhill cranesLocal author releases new book