Annual erect succulent herb, also known as henna, henna dye, Xiao Taohong so. Because of its flower head, wings, tail and feet Alice Ju Ran, such as Feng-shaped, it is also called Goldilocks. Impatiens Balsaminaceae annual herb flowers, native to China, India and Myanmar.

Impatiens

Morphology

Impatiens stem height 40-100 cm, fleshy, thick, vertical. On the part of the branch, with soft wool or near smooth. Leaves alternate, broad or narrow-lanceolate, up to 10 cm or so, the top gradually sharp edges sharp teeth, base wedge-shaped; there are several pairs of glands near the petiole. The flower shape of butterflies, colored pink, red, purple, white yellow, throwing, etc., good variation. Some varieties able to open with a number of kinds of colors on the flowers. Impatiens multi Rosa xanthina, plena is called phoenix ball flowers. According to the ancient flower spectrum loading, Impatiens more than 200 varieties, many varieties have been lost. Impatiens good because of mutation, through artificial cultivation of choice, has produced some good varieties, such as the five-color take the lead phoenix, peanut stem the entry side, flowers large and Se Yan, there are 10 such kind of Kam. According to pattern different types can be divided into roses, camellia type, carnation-type and so on. The flowering period is from June to August Impatiens, knot capsule, capsule spindle-shaped, with white hair, mature shells split into 5 volumes of fruit rotation flap; seed majority, spherical, black, seemed to Peach, mature outside the Shells burst on their own, will the seeds pop, since the broadcast propagation, seed collection and therefore is timely.

Habit Features

Impatiens likes the sun, fear of wet, heat is not cold, fitness was born in loose fertile slightly acidic soil, but also resistant infertile. Impatiens adaptability, easy to transplant survival, growth rapidly.

Should be watered once a day during the growing season, hot summer, should be watered two times a day, rainy day attention to drainage, in short, do not make Pentu dry or stagnant water.

Impatiens strong survive, adaptability is good, generally very few pests and diseases. If the temperature is high humidity, there powdery mildew, 50% of the base can be used Thiophanate 800 times of wettable powder spray control. In case of leaf spot, 50% carbendazim wettable powder can be used 500 times of control. Impatiens major insect pests are red hawk moths, their larvae will bore through the Impatiens leaves. If found to have this pest can be manually capture elimination is