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Other Names:  New Guinea Impatiens, Busy Lizzie, Busy Lizzy

Group/Class:  Harmony Colorfall Series

Brand:  Danziger

Description:

A must have trailing variety, ideal for hanging baskets and containers; beautiful bright red flowers cascade from deep green, toothy foliage; early flowering and easy to grow; suitable for use in shady borders and beds

Ornamental Features

Harmony® Colorfall™ Neon Red Impatiens features bold red round flowers at the ends of the stems from mid spring to early fall. Its serrated pointy leaves remain dark green in colour with distinctive red edges throughout the season.

Landscape Attributes

Harmony® Colorfall™ Neon Red Impatiens is a dense herbaceous annual with a trailing habit of growth, eventually spilling over the edges of hanging baskets and containers. Its medium texture blends into the garden, but can always be balanced by a couple of finer or coarser plants for an effective composition.

This plant will require occasional maintenance and upkeep, and should not require much pruning, except when necessary, such as to remove dieback. It has no significant negative characteristics.

Harmony® Colorfall™ Neon Red Impatiens is recommended for the following landscape applications;

• Mass Planting
• Border Edging
• General Garden Use
• Container Planting
• Hanging Baskets

Planting & Growing

Harmony® Colorfall™ Neon Red Impatiens will grow to be about 12 inches tall at maturity, with a spread of 16 inches. When grown in masses or used as a bedding plant, individual plants should be spaced approximately 14 inches apart. Its foliage tends to remain dense right to the ground, not requiring facer plants in front. This fast-growing annual will normally live for one full growing season, needing replacement the following year.

This plant does best in partial shade to shade. It does best in average to evenly moist conditions, but will not tolerate standing water. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments. This is a selected variety of a species not originally from North America. It can be propagated by cuttings; however, as a cultivated variety, be aware that it may be subject to certain restrictions or prohibitions on propagation.

Harmony® Colorfall™ Neon Red Impatiens is a fine choice for the garden, but it is also a good selection for planting in outdoor containers and hanging baskets. Because of its trailing habit of growth, it is ideally suited for use as a 'spiller' in the 'spiller-thriller-filler' container combination; plant it near the edges where it can spill gracefully over the pot. Note that when growing plants in outdoor containers and baskets, they may require more frequent waterings than they would in the yard or garden.