Impatiens

Impatiens selections

What would we do without impatiens? They're the old reliables for shade gardens when you want eye-popping color all season long. The plants bloom in just about every color except true blue and are well suited to growing in containers or in the ground. If you have a bright spot indoors, you may be able to grow them all year as an indoor plant.

Light:: Shade
Plant Type:: Annual, Indoor Plant
Plant Height:: 1-2 feet tall
Plant Width:: 1-2 feet wide
Landscape Uses:: Containers, Beds & Borders, Groundcover
Special Features:: Flowers, Easy to Grow

Top Varieties

Fanfare Orchid impatiens

(Impatiens 'Fanfare Orchid') is a trailing impatiens to 20 inches that produces orchid-pink flowers. It has better sun tolerance than most.
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Fiesta Burgundy double impatiens

(Impatiens 'Fiesta Burgundy') bears beautiful double burgundy-purple flowers on 16-inch-tall plants.
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Fiesta Ole Peppermint double impatiens

(Impatiens 'Fiesta Ole Peppermint') bears beautiful double pink-and-white flowers on compact, 12-inch-tall plants.
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Fiesta Ole Purple Stripe double impatiens

(Impatiens 'Fiesta Ole Purple Stripe') bears purple-and-white double flowers all summer long. It grows 16 inches tall and 1 foot wide.
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Fiesta Pink Frost double impatiens

(Impatiens 'Fiesta Pink Frost') features variegated foliage and double pink flowers all summer long. It grows 16 inches tall and 1 foot wide.
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Fiesta Purple double impatiens

(Impatiens 'Fiesta Purple') bears beautiful double purple-pink flowers on 16-inch-tall plants.
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Fiesta Salsa Red double impatiens

(Impatiens 'Fiesta Salsa Red') bears double rose-like flowers on 16-inch-tall plants.
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Fiesta Stardust Pink double impatiens

(Impatiens 'Fiesta Stardust Pink') bears double pink flowers stippled with white. It grows 16 inches tall.
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Fiesta White double impatiens

(Impatiens 'Fiesta White') shows off double pure white flowers. It grows 16 inches tall.
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Fusion Glow impatiens

(Impatiens 'Fusion Glow') bears golden-yellow flowers with an orange throat. It grows 16 inches tall.
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Fusion Heat Coral impatiens

(Impatiens 'Fusion Heat Coral') bears coral-orange flowers with a yellow throat. It grows 16 inches tall.
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Fusion Infrared Apricot impatiens

(Impatiens 'Fusion Infrared Apricot') bears apricot-pink flowers with a yellow-orange throat. It grows 16 inches tall.
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Fusion Sunset Peach impatiens

(Impatiens 'Fusion Sunset Peach') bears warm apricot-peach flowers. It grows 16 inches tall.
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Pixie Pink Bicolor mini-impatiens

(Impatiens 'Pixie Pink Bicolor') bears many small creamy-pink flowers splashed with darker pink on 12-inch-tall plants.
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Super Elfin White impatiens

(Impatiens 'Super Elfin White') bears pure white flowers on compact 10-inch-tall plants.
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Swirl Coral impatiens

(Impatiens 'Swirl Coral') bears soft salmon-pink blooms with darker coral-pink edges on 12-inch-tall plants.
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Swirl Pink impatiens

(Impatiens 'Swirl Pink') bears soft pink blooms with deeper pink edges on 12-inch-tall plants.
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Tempo impatiens

(Impatiens 'Tempo Series') bears flowers in a very wide range of shades on compact 8-inch-tall plants.
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Xtreme Rose impatiens

(Impatiens 'Xtreme Rose') bears large, bright rosy-pink flowers on 12-inch-tall plants.
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Garden Plans

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Plant It With

Browallia

Mix blue browallia with pink, white, or lavender impatiens for a steady show of soft color all the way to fall.

Begonia

Big, beautiful tuberous begonias are a great accent to impatiens, especially double-flowering impatiens.

Wishbone flower

Create a subtle textural contrast by mixing in wishbone flowers with your impatiens plantings.

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