1. BOTANICAL NAME
IMPATIENS

2. PRONUNCIATION
im - PAY - shunz

3. COMMON NAME
Impatiens Cultivars and Hybrids

7. FAMILY
Balaminaceae

8. Life Cycle
Annual Bedding Plant

9. Growth Habit
Height 12” - 15”
Width 12” - 15”
Upright/spreading

10. ARRANGEMENT
Opposite

11. LEAF
Elliptical
Length 1 1/2” - 2 1/2”
Width 3/4” - 1”

12. COMPOSITION
Simple

13. MARGIN
Crenate

14. VEINS
Pinnate

16. FLOWER
Single and double
Pink and white

19. FRUIT

20. EXPOSURE
Sun (New Guinea)
Part shade
Shade

22. GROWTH
Medium

23. USE
Bedding Plant
Pot Plant

24. DESCRIPTION
Succulent stem
Flower has a spur
‘New Guinea Hybrids’

26. CULTURAL PRACTICES Propagate by seed or cuttings
Double and New Guinea cultivars patented

27. PROBLEMS
Aphids
Spider mites

28. ZONES
Annual

29. NATIVE OF:
Zanzibar