Botanical Name: Impatiens hawkeri (I. ‘New Guinea hybrids')
Common Name: New Guinea impatiens
Type of Plant: dicot: perennial
Character

Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape upright, blocky plant with firm, brittle stems which hold flowers well above the foliage; leaves larger and more coarse than I. wallerana
Height 12" to 18"
Spread 12" to 18"
Growth Rate moderate
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoors: prefers partial sun/shade, full sun along coast
Soil prefers moist, fertile, well-amended soils
Hardiness Some frost – Zones 8, 9, 14-17, 19-24
 
Morphology:
Leaves elliptical to lanceolate, densely set, opposite to whorled arrangement, to 4" long, often variegated with yellow and/or red; serrate margins
Flowers 3" flowers in terminal clusters, throughout the warm season; pink, white, orange and red colors; often striped or marbled with color
Fruit 5-valved capsule
 
Propagation:
seed, stem cuttings
 
Usage:
choice blooming container plant or annual for mass plantings; widely used in tropical or subtropical gardens, in annual beds or where long blooming annuals are desired
 
Landscape Care:
Watering Needs regular watering, not drought tolerant
Fertilizing slow-release fertilizer at planting; liquid feed monthly
Pruning remove spent flower stalks; thin or divide to control size
Pests/Diseases aphids, mites, thrips, mealybug, root rot where drainage is poor
Special Conditions/Other plants will die back to ground after frost, resprout in spring
 
Origin:
Family: Balsaminaceae
 
Notes: Papua New Guinea
 
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