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Busy Lizzy is ideal for hanging baskets, borders and window boxes.
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PLANTS OF the genus, Impatiens (like Busy Lizzy), are bushy, succulent stemmed and perpetually flowering. They belong to the family, Balsaminaceae, and their place of origin is Zanzibar.
The plants were given their botanical name because of the apparent impatience with which they discharge their seeds when ripe, and their common name because of the persistence with which they flower. The plant has shiny, pointed, bronze-red, elliptic leaves about seven cm long. Pink, white or red flowers about four cm across are produced at the tips of the stem, which are light bronze and watery.
These plants should not be subjected to direct sunlight, but they need bright light. Normal room temperature is suitable for growth. Mist-spray the foliage daily and water it moderately. Never let the soil dry out completely. Apply standard liquid fertilizer every two weeks. The plant fails to bloom if it is in much too large a pot where new roots find space to grow at the expense of flower production.
Propagation is by seed or soft cuttings. The plant can be grown in hanging baskets, borders and window boxes. It is ideal plant to be grown as mixed bedding in gardens.
CHITRA RADHAKRISHNAN
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