Impatiens, SunPatiens (Impatiens spp.)

Impatiens, SunPatiens Plant Features

Heat and humidity won't stop SunPatiens impatiens from blooming its head off in your garden. Unlike its shade-loving cousins, SunPatiens thrives in full sun, eventually growing 24 to 36 inches (61 to 92 centimeters) tall and wide. This vigorous annual works great as a bedding plant or in a large container. Different varieties of SunPatiens are available in a wide range of colors, including white, rose, salmon, orange, lavender, and red. Plus, a few varieties also offer eye-catching variegated foliage. Hummingbirds love the nectar-rich flowers.

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Impatiens, SunPatiens Growing Instructions

Grow SunPatiens impatiens varieties in a sunny, partly shaded, or shaded spot with rich, well-drained soil. While they grow well in sun or shade, the plants typically produce more blooms in the sun. Water whenever the surface of the soil feels dry and fertilize with a little slow-release granular fertilizer at planting time. Like other members of the impatiens family, SunPatiens will not tolerate frost.

These quick-growing plants rarely need pruning, but you can pinch them back if they start to grow out of bounds.

SunPatiens impatiens are not recommended for human or animal consumption.

Water

Medium water needs
Light

Outside: Sun
Colors

Orange

Pink

Purple

Red

White
Special Features

Attracts hummingbirds

Colorful foliage

Super-easy to grow

Complement your Impatiens, SunPatiens

Marigold
Double your flower show by pairing Marigold and Sunpatiens Impatiens together.

Salvia, Perennial
Annual Salvia and Sunpatiens Impatiens look terrific together.

Q&A

I planted my SunPatiens in the sun, but they're wilting! Do they have a disease?
Probably not --- SunPatiens are highly resistant to most diseases. First off, check the soil moisture. SunPatiens can grow in full sun but they do need a lot of water, especially in hot or windy situations. Check to see if your SunPatiens are still wilting in the evening after the sun goes down and temperatures cool; if the plants recover, you have nothing to worry about -- they're just having a hard time taking in as much water as they need. If the SunPatiens don't recover at night, make sure the soil is moist. If it dries out fast, a layer of mulch can help it hold moisture longer.

Our favorite varieties

SunPatiens Compact Royal Magenta

Impatiens 'SunPatiens Compact Royal Magenta’

Transform open areas of your landscape into a festival of color with Compact Royal Magenta SunPatiens. It thrives in hot, sunny locations and is smothered in hot magenta-pink flowers right up until frost. It grows 2 to 3 feet tall.

SunPatiens Compact Light Lilac

Impatiens 'SunPatiens Compact Light Lilac’

It doesn’t matter if you have full sun or shade, Compact Light Lilac SunPatiens will put on a grand show. With large lilac-colored flowers, this densely branched variety grows 2 to 3 feet tall and wide.

SunPatiens Compact Red

Impatiens 'SunPatiens Compact Red’

Disease-resistant and vigorous, Compact Red SunPatiens blooms its head off even if you ignore it. Its traffic-stopping red flowers will also attract hungry hummingbirds to your garden. Compact Red Sunpatiens grows 3 to 4 feet tall.

SunPatiens Orange

Impatiens 'SunPatiens ‘Orange’

Spice up your landscape with a generous helping of Orange Sunpatiens. This bold bloomer grows 3 to 4 feet tall and is covered with sunny orange flowers that are so bright they actually seem to glow. Use Orange Sunpatiens singly in containers or massed in the landscape.

SunPatiens Compact Pink

Impatiens 'SunPatiens Compact Pink'

SunPatiens Compact Pink is a pretty, and easy-to-grow variety that practically smothers itself in soft, shell-pink flowers all summer long. It grows 2 to 3 feet tall and wide.

SunPatiens Spreading Corona

Impatiens 'SunPatiens Spreading Corona'

Spreading Corona is a striking variety that shows off bright orange flowers all summer long. Like other SunPatiens, Spreading Corona thrives in both sun and shade. It grows 3 feet tall and wide.

SunPatiens Compact Orchid

Impatiens 'SunPatiens Compact Orchid'

Impatiens SunPatiens Compact Orchid is a stunning variety that offers a constant display of purple-pink flowers all winter long. It grows 30 inches tall and wide.

SunPatiens Compact Fire Red

Impatiens 'SunPatiens Compact Fire Red'

Compact Fire Red is a newer variety that shows off darker red flowers than other SunPatiens varieties. It grows 30 inches tall and wide.

SunPatiens Compact Pink Blush

Impatiens 'SunPatiens Compact Pink Blush'

Compact Pink Blush offers dark green foliage and soft salmon-pink flowers on a mounding plant that grows about 30 inches tall and wide.

SunPatiens Compact Hot Coral

Impatiens 'SunPatiens Compact Hot Coral'

Compact Hot Coral shows off large, orange flowers flushed with coral-pink tones. It grows about 30 inches tall and wide.

SunPatiens Spreading Lavender

Impatiens 'SunPatiens Spreading Lavender'

Spreading Lavender is a large variety that shows off rich lavender-purple flowers. It grows 36 inches tall and wide.

SunPatiens Spreading Pink Flash

Impatiens 'SunPatiens Spreading Pink Flash'

Spreading Pink Flash shows off orange-pink flowers and dark green foliage on plants that grow 36 inches tall and wide.

SunPatiens Spreading Scarlet Red

Impatiens 'Spreading Scarlet Red'

Spreading Scarlet Red is a large variety with large orange-red flowers. It grows 36 inches tall and wide.

SunPatiens Spreading Shell Pink

Impatiens 'SunPatiens Spreading Shell Pink'

Spreading Shell Pink is an All-America Selections Winner that grows 36 inches tall and wide and has coral-pink flowers.

SunPatiens Compact Mini White

Impatiens 'SunPatiens Compact Mini White'

SunPatiens Compact Mini White grows smaller than other varieties, but still produces tons of clear white blooms, making it a top pick for container gardens or tight spaces. It grows 30 inches tall and 24 inches wide.