jewelweed
Impatiens capensis
USDA zones3 to 9
SunHandles partial sun or full shade
WaterHandles moderate to wet soil
Size2 to 5 feet tall1 to 3 feet wide
- Habit
- Herb
- Bloom season
- Summer, autumn
- Bloom color
- Orange , yellow , green , brown
- Foliage color
- Green
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
- Toxicity
- Toxic to pets
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis) is an annual for pollinator gardens, shade gardens, and rain gardens. It is typically grown as an annual. It cannot take cold, and a freeze will end its season. This plant likes part sun to full shade and average to wet, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. Its golden-orange flowers have reddish-brown splotches and suit hummingbirds well, though bees and butterflies visit too. Deer tend to browse other plants first.
Pairs well with Hummingbird sweet pepperbush, Canada wild rye, and White Swan coneflower.
Native range
North America.