Botanical Name: Impatiens wallerana
Common Name: Impatiens
Type of Plant: dicot: perennial
Character evergreen
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape upright, multi-branched herbaceous plant with brightly colored flowers either singly or in small clusters
Height 6-18"
Spread 6-18"
Growth Rate rapid
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoor shade to half-shade
Soil prefers a rich, moist soil
Hardiness tender
 
Morphology:
Leaves elliptic to ovate, serrate margins to 2" long, whorled or opposite arrangement
Flowers flat-faced, brightly colored flowers – red, orange, pink, white, violet--5 petals with a long tail-like spur
Fruit small capsule – ejects seed
 
Propagation:
stem cuttings, seed
 
Usage:
summer bedding plant, hanging baskets, containers, border plantings, mixes with begonias, fuchsias, hydrangeas
 
Landscape Care:
Watering needs ample watering
Fertilizing balanced fertilizer, monthly through growing season
Pruning remove spent flowers – cut back occasionally
Pests/Diseases spider mites
 
Origin: Tropical Africa
Family: Balsaminaceae

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