SunPatiens

**G*@aol.com**

There was a thread earlier this year about whether the new impatiens,  
SunPatiens, was really good for full sun and high heat conditions. So last May I  
got my wallet out and went to Home Depot and picked up a plant, in a six inch  
pot, around six bucks, and planted it in full sun in a flower bed.

Most of us in inland Southern California take promotional material  that 
suggests a new plant will be impervious to our "full sun" and high heat  
conditions with a grain of doubt, but I thought it worthwhile to check this one  out.

Planted in May, the plant looked good for a few weeks, then began to  
decline. It tried to come back in late June, put out some new growth, but then  
declined rapidly as daytime temps hit the high 90s and 100s in July and by late  
July was gone.

It probably would do better in coastal areas, maybe in some mid-western  
areas and possibly the south, but it's definitely not a full sun impatiens in  
this area.

Gerald Burke
Flower Power Columnist
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