OT: Impatiens
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- Subject: OT: Impatiens
- From: B* S* <B*@hsc.edu>
- Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1998 13:19:57 -0600 (MDT)
The flowers of this Impatiens are pale purple
>and the plant grows to about 6ft and 4ft across. It flowers profusely
>and is very attractive. the ony problem is that is produces many seeds
>and will spread everywhere without judicious weeding each spring.
Ian, it sounds like you have the Himalayan Impatiens that is such a lovely
but persistant pest in England and in much of western Europe. Rather than
our garden Impatiens, it resembles a giant jewelweed. Knowing how bad the
jewelweeds are as weeds, you have my sympathies! I'm still pulling
jewelweed seedlings five years after the last plant was allowed to bloom in
my garden.
By the way, this year I'm trying Impatiens omeiensis (from Japan), said to
be a perennial Impatiens. The foliage, at least, looks beautiful--dark
green with a median silver streak. Perhaps I should be warned--long
stolons are growing out of the bottom of the pot...
Has anyone worked with the African Impatiens offered by Burpee as both
plants and seeds? They resemble crosses between the garden Impatiens and a
jewelweed and come in beautiful blends of pastel colors, including yellow
shades. Unluckily I lost all the cuttings of these I had saved from the
summer.
Bill Shear
Department of Biology
Hampden-Sydney College
Hampden-Sydney VA 23943
(804)223-6172
FAX (804)223-6374
email<bills@hsc.edu>
