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JEWELWEED - PLANT
Impatiens capensis
(aka: Touch-Me-Nots)
*NOW TAKING PRE-ORDERS FOR PLANTS*
AVAILABLE IN MID-TO-LATER APRIL
6-pack
Organically-grown
Traditionally used as a TOPICAL for skin issues. Most popular for Poison Ivy rash, for good reason.
Hummingbirds absolutely love the orange flowers, which appear later in the Summer. If you have a good sized planting, you might get to watch them chasing each other away to keep it all to themselves. Must be some really good stuff!
Self seeds prolifically and can easily take over a patch within a couple of years. Plant it where you want a bed of it, or remove flowers before going to seed...or mow them where you don't want them. Those seeds are wrapped in a coil-spring mechanism which will shoot them several feet away. When ripe, the slightest touch will send them flying.
Very shallow-rooted annual, very easy to remove to control its location. Simply hand-pull to thin out.
In average soil, grows about 3’-4’ tall. In rich soil/compost it can easily clear 5’-6’. Space farther apart for stronger, larger plants with thicker stems
Grows in full sun to partial shade.
Prefers damper soils. Not fond of drought.
If you’ve got a damp tree line area, it will be very happy, like a border planting to your woods. (see photo #2)
Deer generally leave it alone, but can and will eat it.
A ‘must have’ plant.
*Annual