- Botanical name: Impatiens 'New Guinea Group'
- Common name: Busy lizzie
- Family: Balsaminaceae
- Plant Type: Perennial
Pink
Bronze
- Key features:
- Dramatic foliage
- Flowers
Busy Lizzies have become one of the most popular summer bedding plants of all time, and the choice of varieties is bewildering. They all thrive in shade, one of the plant’s great attractions, but this is not essential and the plants are perhaps even more floriferous in good bright light. They are also relatively weather-proof, although the more compact varieties are better at withstanding wind.
Impatiens ‘New Guinea Group’ has exotic, vividly marked, often large leaves, and conspicuous large flowers in various shades of lilac, red, rose and orange. Plants are very sensitive to cold and wet, and are therefore not planted out until the risk of frost is well past, and need rehousing early in the autumn. In a warm sheltered spot they make flamboyant bedding, and are very popular for summer containers and baskets.
Grow Impatiens ‘New Guinea Group’ in moist but well-drained soil in partial shade. Feed fortnightly with a high-potash fertiliser and deadhead spent blooms to prolong flowering.
How to grow Impatiens 'New Guinea Group'
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Plant size
38cm height
30cm spread
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Aspect
North facing, south facing, east facing, west facing
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Position in border
Front
- Sun exposure: Dappled shade, full shade, full sun
- Hardiness: Half hardy
- Soil type: Acidic / chalky / alkaline / clay / heavy / moist / well drained / light / sandy
Plant calendar
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Do not Plant in January |
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M
Do not Plant in March |
A
Do not Plant in April |
M
Do Plant in May |
J
Do Plant in June |
J
Do not Plant in July |
A
Do not Plant in August |
S
Do not Plant in September |
O
Do not Plant in October |
N
Do not Plant in November |
D
Do not Plant in December |
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| Flowers |
J
Plant does not flower in January |
F
Plant does not flower in February |
M
Plant does not flower in March |
A
Plant does not flower in April |
M
Plant does not flower in May |
J
Plant does flower in June |
J
Plant does flower in July |
A
Plant does flower in August |
S
Plant does flower in September |
O
Plant does not flower in October |
N
Plant does not flower in November |
D
Plant does not flower in December |
| Take cuttings | ||||||||||||
| Take cuttings |
J
Do not Take cuttings in January |
F
Do not Take cuttings in February |
M
Do Take cuttings in March |
A
Do Take cuttings in April |
M
Do Take cuttings in May |
J
Do not Take cuttings in June |
J
Do not Take cuttings in July |
A
Do not Take cuttings in August |
S
Do not Take cuttings in September |
O
Do not Take cuttings in October |
N
Do not Take cuttings in November |
D
Do not Take cuttings in December |
Impatiens 'New Guinea Group' and wildlife
Impatiens 'New Guinea Group' has no particular known value to wildlife in the UK.
Is Impatiens 'New Guinea Group' poisonous?
Impatiens 'New Guinea Group' has no toxic effects reported.
No reported toxicity to Birds
No reported toxicity to Cats
No reported toxicity to Dogs
No reported toxicity to Horses
No reported toxicity to Livestock
No reported toxicity to People
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