What are the new Guinea Impatiens?
New Guinea Impatiens, the scientific name Impatiens x Hawker , are popular flowering plants that are commonly planted as annuals for gardening purposes. They are closely related to common, although flowers are larger and foliage there are more variations. They are originally from the island of New Guinea in the South Pacific and in the 1970s. They were brought to the US. The new Guinea Impatiens is very easy to care for plants that provide a lot of colorful flowers throughout the summer.
As larger plants than their cousins, the new Guinea impatiate usually grows to a height of 12 to 24 inches (30.5 to 61 cm) and spreads to a width that is approximately the same. They have fine, succulent stems with lighter green than leaves and branch in many ways. Large leaves have a smooth, glossy appearance with an elongated oval shape that comes to the point. The leaf is some diversity, from dark forest green, bronze, to variegated is formed in various shades of green.
New Guinea Impatiens flowers are largeAnd striking. They come in a series of colors such as pink, red, white, purple and orange. Colors are often intense and some varieties have flowers with variation between two shades. Each flower has five petals in the shape of a heart surrounding a small center.
New Guinea Impatiens were first introduced to the US in 1970 by two collectors of the US Ministry of Agriculture. Harold Winters and J.J. Higgins gathered them as samples of wild flowers on the way to New Guinea together sponsored by the government of the US and Longwood Gardens in Pennsylvania, which produced about a dozen examples used to create varieties used today. New Guinea Impatiens came from a hot tropical climate as perennials, although they are now planted as annuals in gardens. If the conditions are right that they can behave like perennials, but usually cannot survive the winter in most places.
There are new g in the gardenUinea impatiate very versatile and can be planted in borders, flower beds and containers. They are doing well in the shade or in a partial indirect sun, but if they are planted in full sunlight, they will require everyday watering. They prefer the soil that has been enriched with compost or other organic matter, and need enough water to make the soil moist but not saturated. They tend to mind if they allow to dry, but recover quickly after connection. With regular irrigation and occasional fertilizer applications, they will permanently flourish from the middle lane to the frost.