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Plants for mediterranean gardens => Perennials => Topic started by: Daisy on February 26, 2013, 06:47:46 AM
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I have never had impatiens as perennials before.
Mine have come through the winter, but the plants are now looking yellow with sparse foliage.
Do I trim them back and give them a feed, or are they better pulled out?
Thanks Daisy :)
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I've never grown I. walleriana but once any danger of frost is past I'd cut it by 3/4 and feed it and see what happens. Is it one of the succulent stemmed impatiens? Maybe sub-Tropical in origin? Perhaps take cuttings as a precaution. Did it set any seeds? tn
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(http://i567.photobucket.com/albums/ss112/daisyincrete/067-4.jpg)
Trevor this is my impatiens last summer.
I have just been out to look at them, no seeds, but they still have one or two flowers on.
I could try some stem cuttings, but I don't know if that would work at this time of year.
Daisy :)
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I'm confused, isn't this your Catharanthus roseus, Daisy?
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It is most certainly sold as Impatiens here tho' I didn't recognise the specific name as there are dozens of cultivars sold here.It is easy from stem cuttings. It will even root without trouble in a glass of water in a sunny window sill. Transplant into an open soil mix when warmer weather arrives and it should be fine. tn
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(http://i567.photobucket.com/albums/ss112/daisyincrete/066-4.jpg)
This is my Caranthus rosea Fleur. It has much shinier leaves.
Although at the moment, it is looking very bedraggled and wintry.
Daisy :)
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Ah-ha. Now that I look closer I think I prefer it, don't you?