Common Name: Busy Lizzie or Impatiens

Scientific Name: Impatiens wallerana

Busy Lizzie - Growth Habit

Physiological Growth Cycle: Perennial         USDA Hardiness Zone: 11

Dicot

Size:

• 6" to 18" height

Growth Habit:

• Rounded
• Mounding

Foliage:

• Alternate leaf arrangement
• Ovate leaf shape
• Serrate leaf margins
• Glossy green
• 1" to 4" long

Busy Lizzie Spur

Inflorescence:

• Raceme
• Slightly curved spur on back of flower
• Red, pink, salmon, white, purple, lavender and bi-color

  Red	Pink	Salmon	White

• 1" to 2" diameter

Busy Lizzie Companion Plant with Caladiums

Use:

• Mass plantings in shaded areas
  • Under trees (within the dripline to prevent damage)
• Companion plants
• Container plants
• Hanging baskets

Problems: 

• Slugs
• Mealybugs
• Whiteflies
• Leafminers

Culture:

• Full shade
  • Must be well-watered and fertilized if grown in partial shade
• Well drained soil

Propagation:

• Seed

• Cuttings

Notes:

• Usually treated as an annual if minimum winter temperatures fall below 50ƒF (10ƒC)
• Origin of scientific name:
  • Impatiens: Impatient; throwing seed when ripe