Scientific Name:	Impatiens x hybrida
Pronunciation:	im-PAY-shunz ex HIB-rih-duh
Common Name:	hybrid impatiens
Family Name:	Balsaminaceae
Plant Type:	Annual
Key ID Features:	Leaves ovate, acute, solid dark-green, margins hairy, crenulate; flowers < 8 cm wide, spur, red, crimson, pink, purple,or white. New Guinea hybrids: leaves tricolor with red midrib, yellow arrow-shaped center and dark-green towards the margins.
Course(s):	HORT 1193/1293, HORT 2355

Habit: Upright Form: Weeping Texture: Medium Mature Size: Height: 0.2 - 0.4m Spread: 0.3 - 0.6m Origin: Garden origin Hardiness Rating: Zone 11: (above 4 C) Exposure: Deep shade, Filtered shade, Part sun/part shade Soil/ Growing Medium: Landscape Uses: Bedding plant, Container planting, Hanging basket, Summer interest Additional Info: Google Cultivars shown may include I. 'Golden Surprise' (double flowered, variegated), I. Fanfare, I. 'Blush', and I. 'Pink Sparkle'.

Leaf Morphology: Glossary Form: Simple Arrangement: Alternate Texture/ Venation: Soft flexible Surfaces: Glabrous Leaf(let) Terms: Shapes: Elliptic, Ovate Apices: Acute, Cuspidate Bases: Attenuate Margins: Crenate, Serrate

Inflorescence Type: Flowers solitary Flower Morphology: Flowers perfect Number of Petals: 5 Corolla Shape: Rotate/stellate Ovary Position: Superior Colour (petals): Pink Flower Scent: None Flower Time at Peak: Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep

Fruit Type: Capsule, Aborted (hybrids) or absent Fruit Colour: Green Fruiting Time: Sep, Oct Additional Info: Not showy

Bark Morphology: Smooth Bark or Stem Colour: Green

Pest Susceptibility:	Pest resistant, Disease resistant, Rabbit resistant

Location(s): (BED) BEDding, container, or basket (GNH) GreeNHouse Location Map

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