Laura’s favorite New Guinea impatiens are the varieties within the Sonic series, particularly Sonic Light Lavender, Sonic Light Pink and Sonic Sweet Purple. These flowers have a bit of bicolor ...

Another type of impatiens, the New Guinea impatiens (Impatiens hawkeri), appeared in the 1970s and were bred from plants found in the mountains of New Guinea. They're very beautiful with larger ...

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 ...

Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Through extensive testing, Deng and his research team found two New Guinea impatiens varieties that can resist downy mildew throughout the flower’s ...

growers have been offering hybrids between old-fashioned impatiens (Impatiens walleriana) and New Guinea impatiens (Impatiens hawkeri). Two of the best, SunPatiens and Bounce, are excellent ...

And thirsty! These are the New Guinea impatiens, not to be confused with the more familiar impatiens (I. wallerana) that gardeners have grown for generations to put color in shaded areas.

New Guinea impatiens offer compact and uniform colour with good branching, and if kept free from frost will last for several years. They prefer a sheltered and partly shaded position. If grown in ...

Impatiens downy mildew only affects the common bedding plant Impatiens walleriananot affect the New Guinea impatiens. New Guinea impatiens are not always that adaptable to our local soil condition.

New Guinea Impatiens are part of the genus “impatiens”, which will come as no surprise to most, is Latin for “impatient”. The impatiently explosive discharge of seeds at the onset of the ...

SunPatiens are an interspecific hybrid and resemble the New Guinea impatiens (Impatiens hawkeri) more than traditional impatiens. Some even have colorful, variegated foliage like those of New ...