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Other Names:  Busy Lizzie, Busy Lizzy

Group/Class:  Solarscape&trade XL Series

Brand:  PanAmerican Seeds

Description:

A stunning series with large, mounded habit; large, bright and showy flowers sit on top of dark green foliage; shade or sun, this selection performs wonderfully in containers, hanging baskets, garden beds and borders

Ornamental Features

Solarscape™ XL Salmon Glow Impatiens features bold salmon round flowers at the ends of the stems from mid spring to early fall. Its pointy leaves remain dark green in colour throughout the season.

Landscape Attributes

Solarscape™ XL Salmon Glow Impatiens is a dense herbaceous annual with a mounded form. 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.

Solarscape™ XL Salmon Glow Impatiens is recommended for the following landscape applications;

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

Planting & Growing

Solarscape™ XL Salmon Glow Impatiens will grow to be about 11 inches tall at maturity, with a spread of 20 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 low and dense right to the ground. This fast-growing annual will normally live for one full growing season, needing replacement the following year.

This plant does best in full sun to partial shade. You may want to keep it away from hot, dry locations that receive direct afternoon sun or which get reflected sunlight, such as against the south side of a white wall. It does best in average to evenly moist conditions, but will not tolerate standing water. This plant should not require much in the way of fertilizing once established, although it may appreciate a shot of general-purpose fertilizer from time to time early in the growing season. 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 particular variety is an interspecific hybrid. 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.

Solarscape™ XL Salmon Glow Impatiens is a fine choice for the garden, but it is also a good selection for planting in outdoor containers and hanging baskets. It is often used as a 'filler' in the 'spiller-thriller-filler' container combination, providing a mass of flowers against which the thriller plants stand out. Note that when growing plants in outdoor containers and baskets, they may require more frequent waterings than they would in the yard or garden.