Re: SunPatiens

**"Linda Nitchman" p*@hotmail.com**

Interesting that you bring up the SunPatiens. They were featured in one of 
the grower's booths at the GWA Symposium trade show this year. When I asked 
what makes them sun plants the exhibitor explained that impatiens were 
hybridized for more abundant blooming, which weakened the plant. The 
SunPatiens, he said,  were taken back to their (sun-loving ?) origins and 
rebred.

Thanks for the report on your experiences, Gerald. I live in the Midwest 
where are temps. were over 100 degrees for about 10 days this summer and 
didn't top out at less than 90 for daytime highs through July and Aug. We 
have lovely humidity to go with the heat here. So, I bet they'll be 
screaming for mercy in my neck of the woods, too.

Linda Nitchman
"The Heartland Gardener"
GWA Region V Director

>From: GeraldB571@aol.com
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>Subject: [GWL] SunPatiens
>Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 14:01:39 EDT
>
>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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