Comments on: Where Are All the Impatiens?

By: Jaime McLeod

Jaime McLeod — Sun, 12 May 2013 06:48:30 +0000

Dotty, if you’ve never lost any impatiens, that spot should be OK. You could treat it with a fungicide to be safe.

By: Dotty

Dotty — Fri, 10 May 2013 19:51:16 +0000

I am sorry to learn about this fungus. My husband and I love to garden and we planted lots of impatients the last few yrs and have not had a problem. We always put them in the same spot, should we change them this time or leave them their. We live by the ocean in Maine.
Thank You

By: Cindy

Cindy — Wed, 08 May 2013 16:24:26 +0000

Impatiens come up every year and grow like weeds around my property. They reseed on their own. I live in Ohio so it will be close to July before they will be actively growing. I do hope this will not affect my plants. I will be sure not to purchase any at greenhouses for early blooms as I sometimes do.

By: Queen Thumb

Queen Thumb — Tue, 07 May 2013 15:44:02 +0000

No, it’s for real. I planted a dozen+ a few months ago and within weeks they were shot. Never bloomed and went leafless. This is heartbreaking, in gardener-world, anyway.
Now I have three little seedlings that are poking up and I so hope they’re somehow resistant to this blight. Fingers crossed.
In the mean time, cheery torenias fill in the low and the good ol’ self-seeding, butterfly attractin’, PENTAS are filling the high spaces.

By: Jaime McLeod

Jaime McLeod — Tue, 07 May 2013 13:06:05 +0000

Jennifer, you won’t be able to see that the soil is infected.

By: Tracy

Tracy — Mon, 06 May 2013 13:14:44 +0000

Um I am thinking that there will be impatients. Not every impatient everywhere is affected. Sounds like a ploy to get other plants bought to replace the beloved impatient…. Why not grow from seed?

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Mon, 06 May 2013 12:38:32 +0000

I wonder if you could post a picture of infected soil, please? I grew impatiens last year and this year I emptied out the pot in order to use it to plant more, and found a foul smelling yellow-orange substance taking over the soil where I expected to find the root system. I would love to know if this is what I was finding as I gardened yesterday. Thank you!