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Cultivation

Container Culture: New Guinea Impatiens

Impatiens New Guinea Group

Cultivating New Guinea impatiens in containers requires strict control over moisture and substrate aeration to prevent root rot while maintaining high ornamental value and plant compactness.

In the reference 174 varieties crop New Guinea Impatiens, where this is mentioned in the description.

For successful container cultivation of New Guinea impatiens, pots with a volume of at least 7.5–8 liters with mandatory drainage holes are required. The substrate must be well-drained, enriched with organic matter, and contain bulking agents such as perlite or bark, as the fleshy roots of the crop are critically sensitive to oxygen deficiency and waterlogging.

The plant requires moderate watering: overwatering leads to rot, while drying out leads to flower drop. The crop is sensitive to salinity (EC below 1.5 mS/cm) and temperature stress at values below +13…+14°C. Unlike Impatiens walleriana, New Guinea hybrids branch better without pinching and are resistant to downy mildew.

General information about the subject — on the page Container culture.

Sources8

Varieties of New Guinea Impatiens mentioned in the description

Selection based on the description text, not on official evaluation: these data are absent from registers. For specific variety details, please refer to its profile.

Impatiens New Guinea Group · New Guinea Impatiens

SATO CHIHIRO|MINEMURA SHINJI

4 records

Impatiens New Guinea Group · New Guinea Impatiens

SATO CHIHIRO

4 records

Impatiens New Guinea Group · New Guinea Impatiens

SATO CHIHIRO

4 records

Impatiens New Guinea Group · New Guinea Impatiens

SATO CHIHIRO

4 records

Impatiens New Guinea Group · New Guinea Impatiens

SATO CHIHIRO

4 records

Impatiens New Guinea Group · New Guinea Impatiens

SATO CHIHIRO

4 records

Impatiens New Guinea Group · New Guinea Impatiens

SATO CHIHIRO

4 records

Impatiens New Guinea Group · New Guinea Impatiens

SATO CHIHIRO

4 records

Impatiens New Guinea Group · New Guinea Impatiens

Sakata Seed Corporation

4 records

Impatiens New Guinea Group · New Guinea Impatiens

SATO CHIHIRO

4 records

Kimauri

Active

Impatiens New Guinea Group · New Guinea Impatiens

Ludwig Kientzler

3 records

Fisimp 102

Terminated

Impatiens New Guinea Group · New Guinea Impatiens

FLORA-NOVA Pflanzen GmbH

PL
3 records

Kinai

Terminated

Impatiens New Guinea Group · New Guinea Impatiens

Ludwig Kientzler

DE IT
3 records

Impatiens New Guinea Group · New Guinea Impatiens

Syngenta Crop Protection AG

PL
3 records

Impatiens New Guinea Group · New Guinea Impatiens

FLORA-NOVA Pflanzen GmbH

PL
3 records

Kinar

Terminated

Impatiens New Guinea Group · New Guinea Impatiens

Ludwig Kientzler

DE PL
3 records

Impatiens New Guinea Group · New Guinea Impatiens

Syngenta Crop Protection AG

PL
3 records

Fisimp 130

Terminated

Impatiens New Guinea Group · New Guinea Impatiens

Syngenta Crop Protection AG

PL
3 records

Duepetfire

Protection expired

Impatiens New Guinea Group · New Guinea Impatiens

MARGA DÜMMEN

PL
3 records

Fisupnic White

Terminated

Impatiens New Guinea Group · New Guinea Impatiens

Syngenta Crop Protection AG

PL
3 records

Fisimp Salm

Terminated

Impatiens New Guinea Group · New Guinea Impatiens

Hofmann, Birgit Christa

3 records

Duepetrest

Protection expired

Impatiens New Guinea Group · New Guinea Impatiens

Marga Dümmen

PL
3 records

Kipete

Protection expired

Impatiens New Guinea Group · New Guinea Impatiens

Ludwig Kientzler

DE IT
3 records

Kisar

Protection expired

Impatiens New Guinea Group · New Guinea Impatiens

Ludwig Kientzler

PL
3 records