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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.

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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.

Balcelwitim

Terminated

Impatiens New Guinea Group · New Guinea Impatiens

LESLIE HEFFRON

2 records

Kiyodar

Active

Impatiens New Guinea Group · New Guinea Impatiens

Ludwig Kientzler

2 records

Duepetauber

Active

Impatiens New Guinea Group · New Guinea Impatiens

Tobias Dümmen

2 records

Kibosamara

Active

Impatiens New Guinea Group · New Guinea Impatiens

Ludwig Kientzler

2 records

Kicabo

Active

Impatiens New Guinea Group · New Guinea Impatiens

Ludwig Kientzler

2 records

Kicabuya

Active

Impatiens New Guinea Group · New Guinea Impatiens

Ludwig Kientzler

2 records

Kipamanga

Active

Impatiens New Guinea Group · New Guinea Impatiens

Ludwig Kientzler

2 records

DUEMAGWIS

Active

Impatiens New Guinea Group · New Guinea Impatiens

Tobias Dümmen

2 records

Jasius

Active

Impatiens New Guinea Group · New Guinea Impatiens

KIENTZLER| Ludwig Kientzler

DE IT
2 records

Kinepor

Active

Impatiens New Guinea Group · New Guinea Impatiens

Ludwig Kientzler

2 records

Impacora

Terminated

Impatiens New Guinea Group · New Guinea Impatiens

Elke Steffen

2 records

Impacpur

Active

Impatiens New Guinea Group · New Guinea Impatiens

Elsner pac Jungpflanzen GbR

2 records

Impacpurst

Active

Impatiens New Guinea Group · New Guinea Impatiens

Elsner pac Jungpflanzen GbR

2 records

Kisaul

Terminated

Impatiens New Guinea Group · New Guinea Impatiens

Ludwig Kientzler

PL
2 records

Fisco Lav

Terminated

Impatiens New Guinea Group · New Guinea Impatiens

Birgit Hofmann c/o Flora-Nova Pflanzen GmbH

2 records

Duepetwi

Terminated

Impatiens New Guinea Group · New Guinea Impatiens

MARGA DÜMMEN

PL
2 records

Fisco Lipink

Terminated

Impatiens New Guinea Group · New Guinea Impatiens

Birgit Hofmann c/o Flora-Nova Pflanzen GmbH

2 records

Kispix

Terminated

Impatiens New Guinea Group · New Guinea Impatiens

Ludwig Kientzler

PL
2 records

Dunya

Active

Impatiens New Guinea Group · New Guinea Impatiens

KIENTZLER| Ludwig Kientzler

DE IT
2 records

Kiamoya

Active

Impatiens New Guinea Group · New Guinea Impatiens

Ludwig Kientzler

2 records

Kigula

Terminated

Impatiens New Guinea Group · New Guinea Impatiens

Ludwig Kientzler

PL
2 records

Kiantilla

Active

Impatiens New Guinea Group · New Guinea Impatiens

Ludwig Kientzler

2 records

Kilogia

Active

Impatiens New Guinea Group · New Guinea Impatiens

Ludwig Kientzler

2 records

Kimpbon

Active

Impatiens New Guinea Group · New Guinea Impatiens

Ludwig Kientzler

2 records