I do not know if mine are doing well or not. I put a few in the vegetative filter pond, and they kind of got overran by the melon swords and parrots feather, don't you think? I can't find the others.
Worked on the pond yesterday & today. Pulled out all of the Impatiens. Did a water change and netted the pond & stream.
Here are a few pics of what the disease looked like on my plants just before I pulled them out. Also a few pics of what the pond & stream looks like now.
As you can see the red Sunpatien at the top of the stream is growing & doing very well. I will pull it out before our first killing frost.
The the Red Sunpatiens at the top of my pond has grown larger in the past two weeks. It is doing very well. The ones in the ground in my flower beds did not get as big as the one in the pond. The ones I have in pots grew very large too. I hope they all will keep blooming until our first frost. Hope to have them for another 4 to 5 weeks.
Anyone have any pics to share of your Impatiens this year?
Time to start planning on what to plant bare root into our ponds & streams. So glad Spring is here.
This year I am only planting Sunpatiens. They did great bare root in the stream. Also they did well planted in pots of dirt. They did not do well planted in the ground. I do not have good dirt. I mainly have either red clay or sandy soil. I will plant mine as soon as I find the colors that I want.
What are your plans and choices of plants for planting this year?
Nancy, what do you think about these in a waterfall?
http://www.sunpatiens.com/index.cfm/...D/60/index.htm
I would love to try this, but I am miss the stream!!!
Gallagher.
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kate chopin.
I bought Sunpatiens a couple of days ago. I could not find the bright red one like I had last year. I will keep looking in the next week. I will take my cuttings tomorrow and put them into jars of pond water. Once they are well rooted, I will plant them into the pond and stream. I will try to post pics tomorrow of the two different colors that I bought.
I remember Gordana had Marigolds in her pond last summer. I may try some this year.
Has anyone bought or planted anything yet?