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Rockapulco® Red Double Impatiens Impatiens walleriana

Flower Season
  • Spring
  • Summer
Mature Size
20" 2'
Height: 10" - 20"
Spread: 12" - 2'
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    Features

    Other plants are BACKUP SINGERS to me.

    Light up any shady area with masses of blooms that resemble miniature rosebuds; no deadheading necessary, blooms spring to frost

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    Deadheading Not Necessary

    Characteristics

    Plant Type: 
    Annual
    Height Category: 
    Medium
    Garden Height: 
    10 - 20 Inches
    Spacing: 
    10 - 12 Inches
    Spread: 
    12 - 24 Inches
    Flower Colors: 
    Red
    Flower Shade: 
    Red
    Foliage Colors: 
    Green
    Foliage Shade: 
    Dark Green
    Habit: 
    Mounded
    Container Role: 
    Filler

    Plant Needs

    Light Requirement: 
    Part Shade to Shade

    The optimum amount of sun or shade each plant needs to thrive: Full Sun (6+ hours), Part Sun (4-6 hours), Full Shade (up to 4 hours).

    Maintenance Category: 
    Easy
    Bloom Time: 
    Planting To Frost
    Hardiness Zones: 
    10a, 10b, 11a, 11b
    Water Category: 
    Average
    Soil Fertility Requirement: 
    Average Soil
    Uses: 
    Container
    Uses: 
    Landscape
    Uses Notes: 

    Use in landscapes, containers and combinations

    Maintenance Notes: 

    Deadheading isn't necessary but removing spent blooms isn't harmful if you want to clean the plants.

    Rockapulco impatiens are very easy to care for, provide them with a shady location, give them a bit of fertilizer and don't let them dry out too much and they will be happy campers. The shouldn't need to be trimmed back, but can be pruned to shape them at any time. If they get too tall, you can cut them back to promote additional branching and a more compact habit.

    An application of fertilizer or compost on garden beds and regular fertilization of plants in pots will help ensure the best possible performance.

    Is there anyone who hasn't heard of Impatiens? They grow in shade; like warm weather; annual except in zones 10 - 11; have single or double flowers? Rockapulco, however, aren't your shade garden variety Impatiens. We're a new series from one of the world's best plant breeders. Rockapulco thrive in the hottest, most humid deep shade. Like inside a brick-walled courtyard in the Midwest or South.

    Each plant forms a symmetrical mound of dark green foliage 10 -20 inches tall. Within a few weeks, an endless profusion of double flowers creates an ever-blooming display of color. Appleblossom, Dark Orange, Orchid, Pink, Purple, Red, Rose, and White. We will Rockapulco your world.

    Rockapulco® Red Impatiens walleriana 'BALFIESALED' USPP 16,626
  • 14 Reviews

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    • Great plant...I had this in a pot by my front door last year, Zone 9a FL. It bloomed non-stop until January & was back to blooming again in March.

      Jennifer
      , Florida
      , United States
      , 1 year ago
    • I had two of these last year, one on each side of my front door in self watering pots. They were a HUGE success. I barely paid any attention to them and they bloomed non-stop. I will definitely get more for this year

      jdalton
      , 1 year ago
    • My favorite deck flowers. Nonstop profuse blooms in shade,always get compliments on them when I can find them, I haven't locally in 2 years. Made sure to preorder this time, I can't wait to see them again. 6b growing zone.

      Sarah Miles
      , Michigan
      , United States
      , 3 years ago
    • LOVE THIS PLANT

      BARBARA PITTSXY
      , Florida
      , United States
      , 12 years ago
    • I buy these every year.

      Estella Strain
      , Illinois
      , United States
      , 12 years ago
    • I love this plant

      suzanne
      , California
      , United States
      , 12 years ago
  • 7 Awards

    Award Year Award Plant Trial
    2010 Top Performer Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden
    2010 Top Performer Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden
    2010 Top Performer Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden
    2008 Top Performer Ohio State University Extension - Springfield
    2008 Top Performer Ohio State University Extension - Springfield
    2008 Top Performer Ohio State University Extension - Springfield
    2008 Top Performer Ohio State University Extension - Springfield
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