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Impatiens provides brilliant color in the shade where few other flowers thrive. Unlike with most flowers, you never need to trim off spent blooms to tidy up the plant and promote longer flowering. As long as you give it plenty of water, impatiens will bloom magnificently from spring until frost.
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Robbiesue said
on 9/25/2008 I kept my impatiens in pots outside all summer and would like to try to save them for next year by bringing them indoors. Is this possible? Also, there appear to be a lot of baby impatiens growing (just leaves so far) in the soil underneath the originals. Is this normal and do I have a better chance of keeping the babies alive than the originals? Should I pull out the originals to give the babies a better chance? Thank you for any help.
LGrier said
on 6/30/2008 My fiancee bought me a "strawberry star" impatiens. I am a newbie gardener, mostly just my houseplants. We've had it since April I believe and it is now not doing too well. I just transplanted it from a hanging basket into a pot. After I did that some of the "stalks" became kinda mushy while others are still firm. I have also noticed thta I have no flowers anymore. I'm not sure what I am doing wrong. I give it plenty of water and I fertilize it about 3x a month (per the directions that came with it) I miss the flowers they were beautiful. Does anyone have any ideas on how I can help my pretty little plant? Please email me at L_Grier@charter.net. Thank you. Monica
Valdeth said
on 3/6/2008 I have grown impatiens for the past 5 years, and they never fail to amaze me. My house faces north and they love all the shade! They get huge: usually 1.5 - 2.5 feet tall and bloom profusely until frost. Each fall I put manure on the beds and in spring turn over the beds, and they seem to love that. I also give them plenty of water all summer long. They've become a summer staple for my garden.
Blackbear said
on 11/12/2007 I have found that if I plant impatients by themselves they do not thrive very well. For example: Purchase a six pack from the nursery and plant only one leaving five to plant somewhere else. If I plant them around one another instead, they spread like crazy. They need each other!
saralowe said
on 1/5/2007 I have found that my impatiens grow bigger and healthier with Dynamite Plant Food. Too many people use the Miracle Gro junk. Dynamite has micronutrients for healthy plants. It also lasts for 9 months instead of 3-4. I had actually used Miracle gro for a while and one of my master gardener friends told me about Dynamite