A chance observance in the jungles of New Guinea has brought a riot of colors into American gardens and the prospects are for an expanded array of hues. Scientists from the U.S. Department of ...

"They bloom in a wide range of colors, including pink, purple, orange, red, and white," he says. "Because they flower nonstop until frost, New Guinea Impatiens ensure your shade garden can have as ...

Impatiens have a bold new contender within their own ranks vying for the home gardener`s favor, and the showoffs of shady borders seem destined to share their popularity with the newcomer: the New … ...

Hundreds of new impatiens cultivars are now available with wide variations in flower, stem and foliage size and color. Some of the crosses have produced bicolor flowers as well.

In the past 50 years impatiens have become one of the major bedding annuals by volume and dollar value as breeders figured out how to grow impatiens that were bushier and had more flower punch.

Q: My husband bought several New Guinea impatiens about three weeks ago. They had no buds on them and were all about 4-6 inches tall. He cleaned out the pots, sterilized them and put in new potting… ...

New Guineas, on the hand, are the beefier of the two species, with larger, showier flowers and leaves. It grows more upright, as well. They give gardeners a bit more flexibility in gardening with ...

New Guinea impatiens grow inconsistently from seed, so they are most often propagated from cuttings. Also consider using dwarf forms of shade-tolerant coleus or torenias, rather than impatiens.

My NGI (New Guinea Impatiens) was in great health with new growth and plenty of flowers. During Christmas, I had to move it and put it in a place where I forgot all about it. Sadly it was drooping … ...

The flowers are much larger, and the foliage and growth habit are more robust than garden impatiens. Some of the SunPatiens even have colorful variegated foliage like some of the New Guinea impatiens.

SunPatiens are hybrid impatiens that more closely resemble the New Guinea impatiens rather than the traditional garden impatiens. The flowers are much larger, and the foliage and growth habit are ...

“When downy mildew became a problem in the landscape on Impatiens Wallerian, New Guinea Impatiens stepped in to help out. Offering a wide color palette and complete disease resistance to Downy ...