African Impatiens

Japanese: アフリカホウセンカ

A greenhouse perennial plant of the Balsaminaceae family native to tropical Africa. Its scientific name is Impatiens walleriana, and there are many horticultural varieties. It grows to about 30cm tall, branches well, and produces one to three flowers at the top. The flowers come in bright red, deep scarlet, white-pink, and other colors. The flowering time is variable, and if there is sufficient temperature, water, and light, they will bloom one after another. They can also be easily propagated by cuttings, and you can enjoy their delicate flowers all year round. They are suitable for potted plants and flower beds. In terms of horticulture, the most famous impatiens species are this one and the annual flower bed plant, Impatiens balsam, but in recent years, a hybrid variety originating from a species native to New Guinea, the New Guinea Impatiens (giant flowers, variegated leaves), has also been cultivated frequently.

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Japanese:

熱帯アフリカ原産のツリフネソウ科の温室性多年草。学名をインパチエンス・ウォレリアナといい，多くの園芸品種がある。草たけは30cm内外で，よく分岐し，頂部に１〜３花をつける。花は鮮紅，濃緋，白淡紅色等がある。開花時は不定で，温度と水，光が十分にあれば次々に咲く。また，さし木で容易に繁殖できて，一年中かれんな花を楽しめる。鉢植，花壇に向く。園芸的にインパチエンスといえば，本種と，花壇用一年草のホウセンカが有名であるが，近年はニューギニア産の種を起源とする交雑品種群〈ニューギニア・インパチエンス〉（巨大輪，斑入(ふいり)葉）もよく栽培されている。

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