yellow jewelweed
Impatiens pallida
USDA zones3 to 8
SunHandles full sun or partial sun or full shade
WaterHandles moderate to wet soil
Size2 to 5 feet tall2 to 3 feet wide
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Habit
- Herb
- Bloom season
- Summer, autumn
- Bloom color
- Yellow
- Foliage color
- Green
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
Yellow jewelweed (Impatiens pallida) is an annual for borders, pollinator gardens, and meadows. 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 wet, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. Its soft, translucent stems carry nodding, pale yellow flowers. Ripe seed capsules burst open at a touch, which gives the plant its touch-me-not name.
Pairs well with Cardinal flower, Scarlet rose mallow, and Buttonbush.
Native range
AL, AR, CT, DC, and 34 more places. See all 38
AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV; NB, NL, NS, PE, and SK.