Impatiens hawkeri

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

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Read about Impatiens hawkeri in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Impatiens hawkeri, Bull. A bushy, soft-wooded plant, 2 ft. or less high, with well-branched sts. of a dull red color; lvs. opposite or in whorls of 3, ovate, acuminate, serrate, dark green, pale beneath: peduncles axillary, long and slender; fls. rounded in outline, about 3 in. diam., deep carmine, with a white eye; standard round-obovate, retuse; spur to nearly 3 in. long, slender and slightly curved. South Sea Isls. Intro, about 1886. B.M.8247. G.C. II. 25:761. I.H. 34:2. Gn.W. 5:213. G.W. 14, p. 126. G.Z. 31, p. 122.—A greenhouse plant, needing an intermediate temperature. Plants from early spring cuttings bloom all summer and into autumn. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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