Impatiens
Flower · warm season · also called busy lizzie, new guinea impatiens
When to plant
- Start seeds indoors about 10 weeks before planting out.
- Plant outdoors about 2 weeks after your average last spring frost.
- Ready to harvest about 50 days after planting out.
Blooms in shade. Where downy mildew has struck, grow New Guinea or Beacon impatiens instead.
Frost dates depend on where you live. Enter your ZIP code to get exact dates.
Dates by zone: 3a 3b 4a 4b 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b 9a 9b 10a 10b
Growing basics
Not edible.
- Sun
- Shade
- Spacing
- 10–12 in
- Soil temperature
- At least 60°F
- Time to harvest
- About 50 days
- Containers
- At least 1 gallons
- Plant family
- Other
- Seeds keep
- About 2 years
Grow it well
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