Please help me decide...
Submitted by disgett on Sat, 05/03/2008 - 07:24
Please help me decide....I got 10 or 12 New Guniea Impatiens this week. Want to use some of them in flower pots. What companion plants do you suggest to go with the New Guniea Impatiens? They are all pink in color.
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New Guinea Impatiens do best for me in part shade... with sun just in the morning. Some things I've used with them are Dicondra, Bacopa, Ivy, or you could even try Sweet potato vine or White Clock vine for a spiller. Coleus (green apple colored), Lobelia, maybe throw a spike in or some part shade ornamental grasses.... I've had Dusty Miller do great in part shade, they actually get a nicer silvery color than when grown in full sun, and would contrast good with the darker leaves of the Impatiens.
~ Connie ~ Zone 5 ~ MN
Good choices Connie
Good choices Connie thanks. I already have Bacopa and two kinds of potato vine.
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I really like sedge because it's sort of like an ornamental grass only shorter. Lamium would look nice and would add some contrast and texture and the leaves are considerably smaller than those of sweet potato vine. If you want height, I think fuchsia would look nice. I think I'd go with a combination of things, though. If you want trailing, use lamium alone or with sweet potato vine. Add coleus, but keep it pinched back so it grows bushy and not leggy. The colors of the flowers in fuchsia might look quite cool with the impatiens.
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Never heard of lamium, will
Never heard of lamium, will have to research that Susan.
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