(New Guinea Impatiens)

Good old busy lizzy is a shade-loving bedding plant that everyone knows and loves. Surprisingly, this common “annual” is actually a bushy tender perennial in its native East Africa and will survive winters in tropical and sub-tropical zones. It blooms continuously if conditions are favorable and has fleshy, tender stems and leaves that quickly wilt when water is lacking and perk up just as fast when it’s available.

Busy lizzy is bushy and upright with lance-shaped to elliptical leaves that come...

(New Guinea Impatiens)

Good old busy lizzy is a shade-loving bedding plant that everyone knows and loves. Surprisingly, this common “annual” is actually a bushy tender perennial in its native East Africa and will survive winters in tropical and sub-tropical zones. It blooms continuously if conditions are favorable and has fleshy, tender stems and leaves that quickly wilt when water is lacking and perk up just as fast when it’s available.

Busy lizzy is bushy and upright with lance-shaped to elliptical leaves that come...

(Busy Lizzy, Impatiens, Showstopper Impatiens)

Extra large, colorful flowers cover the compact plants in the Showstopper Series all summer long. They have bushy, mounded habits, come in lots of bright colors and are especially well-suited for hanging baskets.

Almost every gardener has grown Impatiens walleriana. Surprisingly, this common “annual” is actually a bushy tender perennial in its native East Africa and will survive winters in tropical and sub-tropical zones. It blooms continuously if conditions are favorable and has fleshy,...

Good old busy lizzy is a shade-loving bedding plant that everyone knows and loves. Surprisingly, this common “annual” is actually a bushy tender perennial in its native East Africa and will survive winters in tropical and sub-tropical zones. It blooms continuously if conditions are favorable and has fleshy, tender stems and leaves that quickly wilt when water is lacking and perk up just as fast when it’s available.

Busy lizzy is bushy and upright with lance-shaped to elliptical leaves that come...

Good old busy lizzy is a shade-loving bedding plant that everyone knows and loves. Surprisingly, this common “annual” is actually a bushy tender perennial in its native East Africa and will survive winters in tropical and sub-tropical zones. It blooms continuously if conditions are favorable and has fleshy, tender stems and leaves that quickly wilt when water is lacking and perk up just as fast when it’s available.

Busy lizzy is bushy and upright with lance-shaped to elliptical leaves that come...

(Busy Lizzy, Impatiens, Spellbound® Impatiens)

The trailing impatiens in the Spellbound Series produce lots of flowers all summer long. They have low, broad habits, come in lots of bright colors and are especially well-suited for hanging baskets.

Almost every gardener has grown Impatiens walleriana. Surprisingly, this common “annual” is actually a bushy tender perennial in its native East Africa and will survive winters in tropical and sub-tropical zones. It blooms continuously if conditions are favorable and has fleshy, tender...

Good old busy lizzy is a shade-loving bedding plant that everyone knows and loves. Surprisingly, this common “annual” is actually a bushy tender perennial in its native East Africa and will survive winters in tropical and sub-tropical zones. It blooms continuously if conditions are favorable and has fleshy, tender stems and leaves that quickly wilt when water is lacking and perk up just as fast when it’s available.

Busy lizzy is bushy and upright with lance-shaped to elliptical leaves that come...

(Busy Lizzy, Dwarf Impatiens, Impatiens, Super Elfin Impatiens)

Lots of extra large flowers dance across the compact plants in the Super Elfin Series. These fine dwarf impatiens were introduced by Ball Horticultural Company. They have neat, mounded habits, are early blooming, well-branched and produce lots of large, colorful flowers effortlessly all season long. There are 10 colors to choose from including novelty bicolors.

Almost every gardener has grown Impatiens walleriana. Surprisingly, this common “annual” is actually a bushy tender perennial...

(Busy Lizzy, Dwarf Impatiens, Impatiens, Super Elfin XP Impatiens)

Lots of extra large flowers dance across the compact plants in the Super Elfin XP Series. These fine dwarf impatiens were introduced by Ball Horticultural Company. They have particularly uniform, mounded habits, are early blooming, well-branched and produce lots of large, colorful flowers effortlessly all season long. There are many exciting novelty colors to choose from including bicolors.

Almost every gardener has grown Impatiens walleriana. Surprisingly, this common “annual” is actually...

(Busy Lizzy, Impatiens, Swirl Impatiens)

In their native climate of Eastern Africa, from Tunisia to Mozambique, Impatiens are a large growing, mound-forming and eagerly self-seeding perennial. In other parts of the world, colder climates, in particular, it has become recognized as a standard bedding plant and treated as an annual. This garden favorite has an extended bloom season from late spring to mid-fall.

Swirl Series is an almost dwarf, compact variety that produces flowers that are faintly two-tone or outlined. Flowers of...