Hello All.
I thought I would share my first flowers of this tropical (?) Impatiens that I recently received from Logee's. I just think they are very cool. I love how vibrant they are.
Unfortunately, I know very little about the Impatiens family/genus. Can they be rooted from cuttings? I always like to have a back-up plant or two in case I lose the orignal.
Regards,
Erick
A picture of an individual flower.
Very cool Erick,
Ive seen pictures of them also and loved them also, do you have a picture of the whole plant, Id love to see the foilage size etc to see how they look in the garden, most of the pictures online are close up of the flowers which are great,
I dont know much about Impatiens either , other than the usual variety which are banned from my garden.
Neil
http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/38288
Check this out , says they root easily from cuttings
Hello Neil.
Thank you. I will take a picture of the whole plant tomorrow in natural light and post it. I just now took some measurements...the plant is 9 1/4" tall, and the two blooms in the picture are each exactly 1 1/2" long.
Agreed, the standard Impatiens bore me right out of the garden...but I am discovering that the Impatiens family/genus has a lot of very cool and unusual varieties with fascinating flowers.
I sure wish I was gardening in Key West...sigh.
Erick
Wow, thank you Neil. All kinds of great info on them!
Erick
Very pretty. I have been sooo tempted by the gorgeous colors.
Here in FL we have this plant at many nurseries. It is prone to stem rot in our hot humid summers. I suspect it's parents are from higher elevations, cooler conditions than we have in summer. Common impatiens (walleriana) rot here in summer too, we grow them as winter annuals. It will take summer heat, just doesn't like our endless summers and diseases. You should have no problem in St Paul.
Here is picture of imps planted last Nov, soon to be replaced....
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Erick.. that is awesome. Certainly much different than the types you see at the local garden shops.
Thank you aprilwillis.
Interesting comments dale. Thank you. Gorgeous picture!
Thank y ou MzMunchken. I agree. There are surprisingly alot of very interesting Impatiens out there. I've attached a picture of Impatiens 'Blondie' from Burpee. They did very well in the shadier parts of my garden last summer. They literally bloomed up a storm continually from early summer until frost. I'm growing them again this year, as well as Burpee's Impatiens 'African Orchids'.
Erick
An this is a native Impatiens (the species names escapes me now) that grows in wetter areas in the northern part of our state (Minnesota). It did well in the garden, too, but the flowers are too small for the plant to really be considered ornamental.
Erick
Is that African Orchids? Wow that is really gorgeous. Ok, I am sold. When I get back home I know what I will be buying!
aprilwillis,
The first yellow flower is actually Bupee's Impatiens 'Blondie'. I HIGHLY recommend it for shady areas. This will be my first year growing Impatiens 'African Orchids'. From the picture in the catalog, the flowers are shaped the same as 'Blondie', but are more pink/lavender.
Erick
Oh yeah, I recall seeing that in the catalogue...aka my dream book. It's beautiful!
Beautiful!!!!!!!
Janet
glad for the info here. I got one on e-bay in winter. It has been blooming it's head off for the past month. May need to bring it inside about June when the humidity kicks in bad.
I have this also and I am HOT & HUMID here. Although they are currently blooming well I just brought mine indoors because of the humidity. Evidently they make great houseplants. I am rooting cuttings and they take off like a rocket. Just dip in rooting hormone and plant in good potting soil. Good luck! Keep in touch. Aren't they just GREAT???!!!! I also have hyans and they are not doing nearly so well. Growing but no blooms.
I have a lot of these. They root very easily in water.
Thank you all. I appreciate your comments and helpful advice. It's nice to know that a lot of people think these are cool!
Erick
I lost mine after about three years, but wanted to say that the root easily in moist soil too. I bought some of the other varieties from Kartuz, but never had any luck with them. Got my start of this one, some time ago, from a good friend.
Annie's Annuals here in CA has many wonderful rare and unusual impatients and I am enjoying trying out several of them.
http://www.anniesannuals.com/plant_lists/list_custom.asp?letter=I&type=Any&color=Any&water=Any&account=none&Submit=Display%20Results&lifespan=Any&availability=Show%20All&view=Pictures&sun=Any&catagory=Any&searchword=none&count=36
What a great web site, Sue!
I easily can spend hours there, and have! Just going through the alphabetical listings and clicking on each thumbnail to read her descriptions is so fascinating, such a wonderful variety. I have a large wish list set up, they email you when one becomes available. I've already visited the nursery 3X this spring and am ready to go again, with a group of friends that want to go.
Great feedback in WatchDog too!
Those are all so beautiful. Are they all pretty easy to grow.
Heres the variegated form..
:-)
Eclipse
where were you lucky enough to stumble on that one, it's gorgeous!
beautiful Kyle. Just brought mine inside as it was starting to look puney. I has been really humid
Was given to me by a friend.I use them outdoors in planters here in summer. :-)
Wow. Very nice.
I bought one of these from Logees last year, also and it just sat around & moped and eventually the leaves fell off, leaving just the wood, but now it appears like tiny leaves are coming up from the base of the plant (I hope). I have tried sun, and now shade. What am I doing wrong? I really love this plant & would like to save it, if possible.
I've grown them both indoors in a brightly lit window and outdoors in partial shade. The outdoor ones tend to flower better, but the indoor one did fine too. I wonder if you were over/under watering? I overwatered one of mine once and the leaves did fall off but it came back, must not have been bad enough to make the roots rot.
Ok, does it have to dry out in between waterings? I usually water once a week in the greenhouse.
I never let it completely dry out, but not knowing much about your greenhouse conditions, type of soil, etc it's hard to say whether once a week is a good amt or not. Most people who overwater are watering more often than that, but if you have soil or a pot that doesn't drain well that could be too much. I would recommend rather than just watering on a schedule to actually check several inches down in the soil and see how wet it feels, then use that to decide whether to water or not. I also don't have a ton of experience with these so there could be something else entirely going on, I just thought maybe overwatering since mine had the same symptoms when I did it.
