Hybridizers: Has anyone ever seen a variegated 4 o clock?, 1 by

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I have a variegated flowering Impatiens balsamina whose seeds I obtained in a trade with another person from Louisiana. She lives in Metairie, near New Orleans. White spots all over the various colored flowers (red, coral, pink, purple). I wonder if it is the environment that is inducing this type of leaf or flower, Karen? I have observed the trait to be quite stable over several years for the balsams, and even in some plants have witnessed so much variegation that it appears the flower is white with touches of the parent color instead of vice versa. It is very cool to see.

I like the leaves of the varieaged leaf 4:00 you have...isn't this plant winter hardy in your part of LA?

Joseph