The Blue Jay's Garden

Orange New-Guinea Impatiens 'Sun-Kissed'

Orange New-Guinea Impatiens 'Grovestand'

Orange New-Guinea Impatiens 'Grovestand'

Orange New-Guinea Impatiens 'Grovestand'

New Guinea Impatiens
'Grovestand'
Impatiens walleriana


This is the New Guinea Impatiens Grovestand, featuring glowing orange long-spurred blooms atop light green foliage. An unusual white heart adds an exotic touch.

Photographs on the left show the true, "orange-like-the-fruit" color of this cultivar. See the beautiful contrast with red garden impatiens, and on the photograph below, with the smaller-flowered variegated cultivar 'Sun-Kissed.'

Extremely vigorous and easy to grow, I. walleriana 'Grovestand' thrives in ordinary tropical plant soil. Pinch out the growing tips to produce branching. Flowers are large: 5.5-6 cm. Dislikes full sun and loves water. It responds well to fertilizer. When grown indoors in Canada, reduce watering and place in a sunny window during winter. Stem cuttings root easily.

The blooms have a strong tendancy to produce multiple multiple spurs, as shown in the lowermost photograph.





Orange New-Guinea Impatiens 'Sun-Kissed'