Impatiens omeiana
Hardy Impatiens
Impatiens is a beautiful annual that provides colourful flowers to enliven beds, borders, window boxes and tubs throughout summer and into early autumn. Impatiens like shade and moisture. If wilted, they quickly recover back into shape after watering. Impatiens omeiana can tolerate temperatures well below zero. A handsome, hardy dwarf impatiens, winter deciduous, with cream-yellow flowers and variegated foliage.
Contributed by @justinthegardener
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Partial shade
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Very little water
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Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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Moist and free draining
Common name
Hardy Impatiens
Latin name
Impatiens omeiana
type
Rhizome
family
Balsaminaceae
ph
5.0 - 7.5 Acid - Neutral
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
full grown dimensions
Impatiens omeiana
Impatiens is a beautiful annual that provides colourful flowers to enliven beds, borders, window boxes and tubs throughout summer and into early autumn. Impatiens like shade and moisture. If wilted, they quickly recover back into shape after watering. Impatiens omeiana can tolerate temperatures well below zero. A handsome, hardy dwarf impatiens, winter deciduous, with cream-yellow flowers and variegated foliage.
Planting
From Early Spring TO Early Spring
Plant out container grown plants in a sheltered position in shade having dug in well rotted compost.