Not good. They're very frost tender and didn't live through the winter here. Unfortunate since they're so beautiful!
Double impatiens in shady garden...how's your luck been?
If you make some cuttings in early Autum, you can keep the small rooted cuttings in the house during the winter. And then, you can replant them in next spring.
I have simply planted new Impatiens most years. I also have volunteer seedlings showing up in bloom by mid summer, long after the spring sets bought at grocery stores or garden centers have formed extensive mats.
The location is on the NW side of the house in an area that apparently has some underground moisture surfacing. The area was noted as damp before the house was present.
I have ferns, wild North Carolina natives of various sorts from semi-bog conditions, Japanese Irises, one Siberian Iris hybrid which has an optimum growth under JI conditions, a Rhododendron of which I don't know the name, and a couple azaleas in the same bed.
The site is deeply shaded by a large white oak and some dogwoods out at the road edge, so it gets only a little direct sun for about an hour in mid-day. These moisture-demanding, shade-loving plants thrive. The deck is directly south of it, so sitting down for a cool drink on a hot, humid afternoon and looking down at this plant array is a wonderfully restful way to relax, enjoy colorful nature and meditate.
Neil Mogensen
Thank you! I'm going to try them. Let you know how they work out.
impatiens do just great in the shade. they look small when planted but do they ever take offf. give em room. jeani4
I agree with jeani4, one of the biggest mistake you can make is to plant them too close together. They crowd each other and grow really tall. Impatiens will bloom even in non-direct light, if kept watered and fertilized.
I can only grow impatiens as an annual here but I always have them. I planted double impatiens one year but they didn't perform for me the same as the singles and they were less heat tolerant.
Thanks for the stories. I think I'm going to give them a whirl.
I had a double in a wall planter that overwintered just fine INdoors. :)