Impatiens Walleriana Annual Or Perennial. Impatiens is a beautiful annual that makes an excellent houseplant or summer bedding and container plant. Highly resistant to downy mildew plants are more vigorous and sun tolerant than traditional I.
They grow quickly and form a rounded mound with oval frseh green leaves and brightly coloured flowers on the outside - all being light seekers - though not liking full sun. For easy-to-grow non-stop flowering in shady conditions it has no equal. Over watering however can cause rot.
10 to 12 inches.
Impatiens is a beautiful annual that makes an excellent houseplant or summer bedding and container plant. Even though some impatiens species are perennial impatiens are generally grown as annuals due to their inability to tolerate frost. 6065 slightly acidic Bloom Time. Commonly encountered species include impatiens Impatiens walleriana New Guinea impatiens Impatiens hawkeri and garden balsam also called rose balsam Impatiens balsamina.
