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Description:
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We also commonly call this plant 'Balsam'. This perennial herb with succulent stems grows to about 60 cm tall. In the tropics, this evergreen perennial will flower all year round. Colours vary from white to dark pink and even orange shades.
Impatiens walleriana has simple, pointed, lance-shaped leaves that often have toothed edges and the fruit is a capsule, which at maturity explodes when touched, flinging the seeds out and dispersing them.
It prefers a shady, moist position and its fibrous root system tolerant of a wide range of soil types from sand to clay.
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