How to Grow Impatiens? A Detailed Guide to the Latest Planting and Care Methods

Impatiens is also called touch-me-not, because people commonly use its petals to dye their nails, hence the name. Impatiens is extremely easy to grow, and its cultivation and management are relatively easy too, but to keep the leaves dark green, the flowering normal, and the plant at a certain height, you still need to pay attention to some care work. Let's learn about some of the specific management work involved in growing impatiens.

1. Temperature control

Impatiens blooms around May in the south, and likes a warm growing environment. The most suitable temperature for growth is generally around 15 to 25 degrees. Both cool and warm environments suit the growth of impatiens, but in high temperatures the plant easily loses water and wilts, because the plant contains a lot of water; on hot days the plant often stands upright morning and evening, loses water at noon, and gradually recovers at night. Severe cold in winter will kill it, and it generally gradually dies off in autumn.

2. Light

Impatiens likes light. Flowering requires enough light, and so does growth and development, but strong light harms growth. So when planted in the open ground in summer it should be properly shaded, and potted plants can be moved indoors to a place with light and ventilation that is not stuffy and hot. Avoid strong light scorching the leaves and flowers. Insufficient light will not do either, as it directly affects the flowering time.

3. Water

Impatiens likes a growing environment with moist soil. In rural areas, after a few spring rains, impatiens sprouts emerge in large patches. In regions with plenty of spring rain, impatiens grows very fast, and before long the plant has grown tall. So generally you should maintain a moisture level of about 70%, and not let it get too dry, as dryness causes water loss. The root system generally absorbs well, and after drought it can still recover as long as it gets water.

4. Fertilizing

The impatiens plant rather likes fertilizer. With sufficient fertilizer, the leaves grow dark green and the flowers are bright. But if too much fertilizer is applied, it will cause the plant to grow leggy, and after becoming leggy the whole stem shoots up, which affects its appearance, and the number of flowers will also decrease; moreover, when heavy summer rain comes, it easily falls over on the ground.

5. Soil

It has no strict requirements for soil, and can be planted in ordinary soil, whether yellow soil, red soil, black soil or the like; even heavy, compacted soil will do. But it commonly grows in fertile soil, such as places where there are earthworms. So the best is deep, fertile, water-retentive loam.

Impatiens is a flower that is easy to grow and manage. Although it is easy to grow, in order to grow it better and increase its ornamental appeal, you can pay attention to providing some good growing conditions that match the growth characteristics of impatiens. The above is the content on growing impatiens.