Re:balsam impatiens

I just had to mention a new (to me, anyway) one I discovered this year. An elderly neighbor dropped off some seeds he called simply *stalk flowers*. I felt adventurous and planted a few pots. After much research, I discovered they were balsam impatiens - impatiens that love the sun! Seems they were popular in Victorian times and can still be found. Visitors to my garden made comments such as *My grandmother used to grow those* and things like that. They come in a wide range of colors except true blue and green. Very nice TALL addition to pots (3 feet high in some cases) - very tender, however, in zone 5.
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Pat Mitchell
corgilover@wi.rr.com
Zone 5 SE WI

And, a nice thing about the balsam impatiens is that they will reseed naturally (even here in Wisconsin), although you might want to save seed to be sure you have enough. Careful, though, the seed pods will literally "explode" when ripe, sending seeds every which way.



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Don Martinson
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
l*@wi.rr.com

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