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    June plants

    May 25, 2021 5 minutes
    WORDS JIMI BLAKE

    Jimi Blake is the owner creator of Hunting Brook Gardens. huntingbrook.com

    IMPATIENS GOMPHOPHYLLA

    This reminds me of tropical seahorses. A spectacular native of the southern highlands of Tanzania, where it grows in grassland. The f lower is a beautiful mix of red, orange and yellow, putting on a display all summer. I sometimes take off some leaves to allow the f lowers to become more visible. This is a tender, tuberous impatiens that I plant out for the summer and bring into the tunnel for the winter. I have propagated it by putting cuttings in a glass of water for a few weeks until the roots appear.

    Height 90cm-1.2m.

    Origin Tanzania, East Africa.

    Conditions Fertile, well-drained soil; full sun.

    Hardiness RHS H3† .

    Season of interest June to

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