Rockapulco Red impatiens
Impatiens walleriana 'Rockapulco Red'
Proven Winners Award Winner
USDA zones10 to 11
SunHandles partial sun or full shade
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
Size12+ inches tall12+ inches wide
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Habit
- Clumping
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay, chalk
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Rockapulco Red' impatiens (Impatiens walleriana 'Rockapulco Red') is an annual for containers, borders, and shade 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 moist soil of most types. It sits low on the menu for deer and rabbits. Butterflies, hummingbirds, and bees visit the flowers from spring through autumn.
Pairs well with Southern shield fern, Tidal Wave Silver petunia, and Frozen Queen calla lily.