Hardy Impatiens ‘Silver and Pink’
Impatiens omeiana 'silver and pink'
This plant died!
The combo of aggressiveness and lackluster appearance prompted me to pull this plant completely. Well almost completely – I’m still pulling volunteers but it’s on its way out.
Nursery Tag
Zone: 6 - 9 Natural Range: China Soil: Moist, humus rich Light: Part shade - shade Height: 12"- 18" Bloom Time: July to September Attracts: Hummingbirds Pest Resistance: Deer, Rabbit Attributes: Deciduous. Leaves are dark green with silver and pinkish red veins. Cymes of creamy yellow With orange and yellow spotted flowers. Summer through Fall. Hardy tuberous non-seeding perennial. Notes: Perfectly easy foliage plant for shade gardens
Gardener's Log
03/2018: Planted tubers underneath deck stairs.
I love the ‘normal’ version of hardy impatiens I planted a few years ago along the north side yard, so I was excited to find tubers of this ‘Silver and Pink’ variety at the Northwest Flower and Garden Festival in 2018.
A year later I’m watching them pop out of the ground just beyond where I planted them, so the patch is spreading quite nicely – I look forward to them eventually filling the mulched void beneath our deck stairs.
Update 2020
Now that we have sun pouring into this spot I decided these have to go – the afternoon sun causes them to wilt terrible and the just look like hell from 3-pm until sunset. I’ve never loved these quite as much as the other impatiens so i’m not going to move them anywhere. I dug up as many roots as I could and am hoping to have our hardy white begonias fill in that space. I’m sure I missed some roots and will be pulling a few survivors over the next couple of seasons.