{"id":7270,"date":"2020-05-03T03:52:26","date_gmt":"2020-05-03T03:52:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/?p=7270"},"modified":"2020-09-22T04:01:43","modified_gmt":"2020-09-22T04:01:43","slug":"plant-a-day-2020-day-118-impatiens-flanaganae","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/03\/plant-a-day-2020-day-118-impatiens-flanaganae\/","title":{"rendered":"Plant-A-Day 2020 (Day 118) Impatiens flanaganae"},"content":{"rendered":"<body>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is an exotic member of a great plant family that grows tall like jewelweed and gets bulbs like a dahlia.  I bought a little bulb of this plant about seven years ago from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ebay.com\/sch\/strange_wonderful_things\/m.html?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEFSXS%3AMESOI&amp;_trksid=p2053788.m1543.l2654\">Strange Wonderful Things<\/a> on eBay.   It grew quickly the first couple of years and multiplied, and bloomed, but I find it tough to grow well\u2013or maybe I just haven\u2019t tried hard enough. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"632\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Impatiens-flanaganae.jpg?resize=474%2C632\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"7271\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Impatiens-flanaganae.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=7271\" class=\"wp-image-7271\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Impatiens-flanaganae.jpg?resize=768%2C1024 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Impatiens-flanaganae.jpg?resize=225%2C300 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Impatiens-flanaganae.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Impatiens-flanaganae.jpg?w=948 948w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"632\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Impatiens-flanaganae2.jpg?resize=474%2C632\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"7272\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Impatiens-flanaganae2.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=7272\" class=\"wp-image-7272\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Impatiens-flanaganae2.jpg?resize=768%2C1024 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Impatiens-flanaganae2.jpg?resize=225%2C300 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Impatiens-flanaganae2.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Impatiens-flanaganae2.jpg?w=948 948w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"632\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Impatiens-flanaganae3.jpg?resize=474%2C632\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"7273\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Impatiens-flanaganae3.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=7273\" class=\"wp-image-7273\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Impatiens-flanaganae3.jpg?resize=768%2C1024 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Impatiens-flanaganae3.jpg?resize=225%2C300 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Impatiens-flanaganae3.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Impatiens-flanaganae3.jpg?w=948 948w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"632\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Impatiens-flanaganae4.jpg?resize=474%2C632\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"7274\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Impatiens-flanaganae4.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=7274\" class=\"wp-image-7274\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Impatiens-flanaganae4.jpg?resize=768%2C1024 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Impatiens-flanaganae4.jpg?resize=225%2C300 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Impatiens-flanaganae4.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Impatiens-flanaganae4.jpg?w=948 948w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I get the sense that I\u2019m growing these plants too warm in the summer and they get spider mites and dry out too much in-between waterings.  For 2020, I\u2019m going to try moving a few pots of these bulbs out to the back patio to see if they do better outside the greenhouse.  I\u2019m also going to plant some into the garden to see whether they winter over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-0 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"632\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_0735-1.jpg?resize=474%2C632\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"8672\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_0735-1-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/img_0735-2\/\" class=\"wp-image-8672\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_0735-1-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1024 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_0735-1-scaled.jpg?resize=225%2C300 225w, 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data-full-url=\"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_0736-1-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/img_0736-2\/\" class=\"wp-image-8671\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_0736-1-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1024 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_0736-1-scaled.jpg?resize=225%2C300 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_0736-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1152%2C1536 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_0736-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C2048 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_0736-1-scaled.jpg?w=1920 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_0736-1-scaled.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_0736-1-scaled.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"474\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_0808.jpg?resize=474%2C474\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"8669\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_0808-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=8669\" class=\"wp-image-8669\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_0808-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_0808-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C300 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_0808-scaled.jpg?resize=150%2C150 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_0808-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C768 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_0808-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1536 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_0808-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C2048 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_0808-scaled.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_0808-scaled.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"474\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_0809.jpg?resize=474%2C474\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"8668\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_0809-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=8668\" class=\"wp-image-8668\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_0809-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_0809-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C300 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_0809-scaled.jpg?resize=150%2C150 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_0809-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C768 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_0809-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1536 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_0809-scaled.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_0809-scaled.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These plants did particularly well in 2020 on the back patio in partial shade.  They were only in gallon-sized pots, but they bloomed much better than they ever have before.  <\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is an exotic member of a great plant family that grows tall like jewelweed and gets bulbs like a dahlia. I bought a little bulb of this plant about seven years ago from Strange Wonderful Things on eBay. It grew quickly the first couple of years and multiplied, and bloomed, but I find it &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/03\/plant-a-day-2020-day-118-impatiens-flanaganae\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Plant-A-Day 2020 (Day 118) Impatiens flanaganae<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7270"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7270\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8673,"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7270\/revisions\/8673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}