| Description | Ice Cherry Impatiens (Impatiens wallerana) is an older cultivar with cherry red double flowers and variegated foliage.
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| Pronunciation | (im-PAY-shuns)(wall-er-ee-AY-nuh) |
| Plant Type | Annuals |
| Hardiness Zone | annual |
| Sunlight | shade, partial shade, will burn in the hot sun |
| Moisture | average, moist |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Growing Media | average |
| Temperature | This plant is not tolerant of cold weather and should be set out around Memorial Day weekend or later in zone 5. This will be one of the first plants to die from frost |
| Flowers | Double Cherry red flowers. |
| Fruit | The fruit is a dehiscent capsule. |
| Leaves | Leaves can be solid green or green with a silver sheen and a white edge. The foliage is somewhat succulent. |
| Dimensions | A well-branched mounding plant. |
| Maintenance | Deadheading and pruning to maintain form. |
| Propagation | stem cuttings |
| Native Site | The species Impatiens wallerana is native to the tropical regions of East Africa |
| Cultivar Origin | Discovered as a sport or mutation of the nonpatented Impatiens cultivar Rosebud™ Red by Thomas A. Verhoeven in 1994 in Albany, Oregon, USA. Patent assigned to |
| Misc Facts | The word Impatiens is derived from Latin and means "bursting of seed pods". |
| Author's Notes | I took pictures of this plant in about 2010. I googled the plant and can't find any available (07.26) |
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