Re: touch me nots

>A friend at work gave me some plants last year that she called "touch me
>nots."
>
>Anyway, this plant grows about three feet tall, gets kind of bush-like with
>leaves that look something like maple leaves, and has flowers that remind
>you of snapdragons.  Mine are purple, salmon, and light pink.  She also has
>some red ones at her house.
>
>Does anyone know what these might be and the latin name?
>Thanks for the help,
>
>Amy
>zone 6  Kentucky
>


Amy,

I think you are referring to what I know as the balsam impatiens (also
touch-me-not), which is Impatiens balsamina.


Don Martinson
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
d*@post.its.mcw.edu

"Existing order thrives upon ignorance and lies.
Objective truth and individual reason are feared above all."



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