(Impatiens balsamina 'Camilia Mix')
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Camilia Balsam is a sun-loving tender annual flower that is native to India and Southeast Asia but can commonly be found growing in the northeastern United States. At maturity, this plant reaches a height of 30” and features lance-shaped leaves and small clusters of 2” cup-shaped red, pink, and white colored flowers. This plant can be grown in containers, attracts bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds, is resistant to drought, is used as a cut flower, and self-sows!
- Non-GMO
- Garden Flower
- Open Pollinated
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General Information
Family: Balsaminaceae
Genus: Impatiens
Species: balsamina
Variety: Camailia Mix
Ease of Growing: Easy
Grown as: Annual
Maturity (Bloom): 60-70 Days - May to frost
Breed: Open Pollinated
Light: Full Sun to Part Shade
Water: Moist, well-drained.
Soil Moisture: Medium.
Suitability: Tolerate: Drought, Dry Soil
Attracts Beneficial Insects?: Yes. Attracts bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds. Balsam is also nontoxic to cats, dogs, and horses.
Containers?: Yes.
Maintenance: Low
Height: 24”
Spacing: 12”
Sow Depth: On soil surface.
Produces: lance-shaped leaves and small clusters of 2” cup-shaped red, pink, and white colored flowers.
USDA Grow Zone: 1-12
Poisonous to Humans:
Severity: Low
Poison Symptoms: Large quantities when eaten raw, accumulate calcium oxalate. It produces an orange stain when you break off the stems/flowers. The plant uses this compound as a defense against grazing, which is why deer only ingest young seedlings or the newest shoot tips.
Poison Toxic Principle: Calcium oxalate and possibly saponic glycoside.
Causes Contact Dermatitis: No
Poison Part: Leaves
Genus: Impatiens
Species: balsamina
Variety: Camailia Mix
Ease of Growing: Easy
Grown as: Annual
Maturity (Bloom): 60-70 Days - May to frost
Breed: Open Pollinated
Light: Full Sun to Part Shade
Water: Moist, well-drained.
Soil Moisture: Medium.
Suitability: Tolerate: Drought, Dry Soil
Attracts Beneficial Insects?: Yes. Attracts bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds. Balsam is also nontoxic to cats, dogs, and horses.
Containers?: Yes.
Maintenance: Low
Height: 24”
Spacing: 12”
Sow Depth: On soil surface.
Produces: lance-shaped leaves and small clusters of 2” cup-shaped red, pink, and white colored flowers.
USDA Grow Zone: 1-12
Poisonous to Humans:
Severity: Low
Poison Symptoms: Large quantities when eaten raw, accumulate calcium oxalate. It produces an orange stain when you break off the stems/flowers. The plant uses this compound as a defense against grazing, which is why deer only ingest young seedlings or the newest shoot tips.
Poison Toxic Principle: Calcium oxalate and possibly saponic glycoside.
Causes Contact Dermatitis: No
Poison Part: Leaves