SunPatiens Compact Hot Coral new guinea impatiens
Impatiens hawkeri 'SunPatiens Compact Hot Coral'
USDA zones10 to 11
SunHandles full sun to full shade
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
Size14 to 24 inches tall14 to 24 inches wide
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Habit
- Mounding
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn
- Bloom color
- Coral
- Foliage color
- Green
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay, chalk
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'SunPatiens Compact Hot Coral' new guinea impatiens (Impatiens hawkeri 'SunPatiens Compact Hot Coral') is an annual for borders, containers, and annual beds. It is typically grown as an annual. Frost will kill it, so set it out only after the last frost in spring. This plant likes full sun to full shade and average to moist soil of most types. It forms a mound of green leaves with coral blooms and attracts butterflies. It is downy mildew resistant.
Pairs well with Coleus, Boston fern, and Rex begonia.