SunPatiens Compact Purple new guinea impatiens
Impatiens hawkeri 'SunPatiens Compact Purple'
USDA zones10 to 12
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
- Purple
- Foliage color
- Green
- Soil types
- Loam
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'SunPatiens Compact Purple' new guinea impatiens (Impatiens hawkeri 'SunPatiens Compact Purple') is an annual for borders, containers, and shade gardens. It is typically grown as an annual. It is tender to cold, and the first hard frost will kill it. This plant likes full sun to full shade and average to moist, loamy soil. It forms a mounding plant 14 to 24 inches tall and wide with purple blooms. It is downy mildew resistant, and butterflies visit the flowers.
Pairs well with Polka dot plant, Boston fern, and Angel wings.