Busy Lizzie

The Impatiens walleriana, commonly known as Busy Lizzie, Balsam, or Impatiens, is a colourful flowering plant valued for its abundant blooms and compact, bushy growth. It is especially popular for shaded gardens, borders, containers, and decorative planting areas.

• Appearance: Features soft green leaves and masses of bright flowers in shades of pink, red, white, purple, orange, and mixed colours.
• Indoor/Outdoor Use: Best suited as an outdoor flowering plant in shaded or partially shaded areas, though it can also be grown in containers on patios and balconies.
• Care: Prefers bright indirect light to partial shade, fertile well-draining soil, and regular watering. Keep the soil consistently moist but avoid waterlogging.
• Benefits: Fast-growing, colourful, compact, and excellent for adding continuous seasonal colour to shaded garden areas and containers.