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Impatiens balsamina

March 3, 2015 By

Category: Seminum | Sub-Category: Annuals for Sun

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Impatiens balsamina

Family: (Balsaminaceae)

(A) to 2.5′.  Garden Balsam.  Southeast Asia.  An old garden favourite.  Cup-shaped, single to mostly double, spotted, five-petalled, Touch-Me-Not flowers (to 2 inches diameter) with incurved spurs come in various shades of pink, rose, red, purple, white and bi-colour versions thereof.  Flowers bloom singly or in small clusters of 2 to3 from the leaf axils throughout the growing season.  Elliptic to lance-shaped, deeply serrate leaves (to 3-½ inches long) are light green.  Interesting fruits of asymmetrical, green, hairy capsules dangle.  A fuss-free annual that may self-sow, particularly in warmer zones.  Sun to part shade and moist, but well-drained.  3 & T1

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