Impatiens walleriana

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names
Balsaminaceae >	Impatiens >	walleriana >

If this plant info box on watering; zones; height; etc. is mostly empty you can click on the edit tab and fill in the blanks!

Read about Impatiens walleriana in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Impatiens sultani, Hook. f. From 12-24 in. high, with stout st. and branches, rather succulent and green, glabrous: lvs. elliptical or lanceolate and narrowed into a petiole about 1 in. long; lower lvs. alternate, upper ones almost whorled: peduncles axillary; fls. rich scarlet in the original form; petals flat; standard obovate- orbicular and retuse; lip less than half length of petals, suddenly narrowed into a slender upwardly curved long spur. Hybrids and sports have given shades from pink to almost purple, and a white variety also exists. Spur is very long and thin. Zanzibar.—Increased by seeds; also by cuttings, which root readily. A greenhouse plant; it also does well as a house plant, blooming almost continuously. var. episcopi, Hort. A perpetual flowering variety with purple-carmine fls. marked brilliant rose.—I. sultani was named by Hooker "in honor of that distinguished potentate, the Sultan of Zanzibar, to whose enlightened and philanthropic rule eastern Africa owes so much." The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

Cultivation

w:Impatiens walleriana. Some of the material on this page may be from Wikipedia, under the Creative Commons license.
Impatiens walleriana QR Code (Size 50, 100, 200, 500)

This article is a stub. You can help Gardenology.org by expanding it.