IMPATIENS BALSAMINA (100 SEEDS)

A wonderful old-fashioned favorite for the flower garden. Grown from Balsam seeds, this favorite will continuously bloom from early summer right up until the first frost of fall. The stems are loaded with a mix of of colors: rose, salmon, white, scarlet, and violet. These Impatiens Balsamina flowers are formed on clean, almost transparent stems with just the right amount of foliage to make a very attractive addition to any flower garden.

Sowing: Sow indoors in late winter until late spring.
Use new or clean pots and trays and fill them with seed compost or other soil that has been sterilised.
Impatiens seed requires light to germinate, sow the seeds on the surface of the compost and do not cover. The compost should be kept moist; the seeds are very sensitive to drying out, so always cover the propagator with glass or plastic and stand it in a light position, but not in full sunlight.
The seeds germinate best at temperatures between 21 to 25°C (69 to 77°F). This means fairly warm conditions which also encourage fungi, and the danger of damping off is therefore quite real. Once the seed has germinated, the humidity should be reduced. Allow fresh air in as soon as possible and increase the size of the opening during the next few days until the cover can be left off altogether. Reduce the temperature to 15 to 18°C (59 to 64°F) a warm kitchen windowsill is often sufficient. As soon as the seedlings are over 1.5cm (½in) tall, they may be pricked out and grown on at moderate temperatures.
Put the young plants out-of-doors during the daytime from early May to harden them off, and bring them indoors again in the evening. They may be planted out-of-doors by the end of May after all risk of frost has passed. Plant 20cm (8in) apart.

Cultivation:
Although drying winds will do the plants good out-of-doors, they suffer badly on windy balconies and other draughty places. Lengthy wet spells are the greatest problem, so you should always plant outdoors in a place where a gentle breeze will dry them off again.
Sunlight is not required at all and, in fact, the plants do well in a light position in the shade. The colour of the flowers also remains better in those conditions, whereas they would fade in bright sunlight.
Flowers should be removed as soon as they have faded to promote the growth of further blooms. Water in periods of drought.