If you’re looking to add some low-maintenance color to your yard or porch, consider crowd-pleasing impatiens a natural choice ...

Popular flower for gardening produces a satisfying display of color while requiring minimal horticultural effort STATEN ISLAND, NY- WEST SHORE - Attention all amateur gardeners: It’s now safe to plant ...

Impatiens’ easy-care nature, season-long bloom, and shade tolerance made it one of the most popular garden annuals. The introduction of downy mildew-resistant varieties has helped it maintain this ...

Impatience for spring is growing, but impatiens are not. The nation’s top-selling annual flower — favored for its last-frost-to-first-frost profusion of colorful blooms — has been struck by a killer ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... When I first learned about fabulous annual flowers called “impatiens,” I thought I’d heard the word “impatience” — a term that pretty much sums up my ...

A shady spot in a garden with a wood chair - Chiyacat/Getty Images Choosing the right plants for your shade garden can be tough, especially if you're a beginner gardener. And if you're hoping to break ...

Q: I read your article on the disease that is affecting impatiens. Mine are dying from it. The recommendation was not to plant impatiens next year or maybe longer than that. I'm curious as to why the ...

* What it is: Impatiens used to be America's No. 1-selling type of summer shade flower until a deadly powdery mildew disease hit in 2012. The disease sticks around in the soil and kills most kinds of ...

Question: I’ve heard about a plant disease affecting impatiens this year. Does this mean I shouldn’t plant them any longer in my garden? What should I watch for? — C.S. Winnebago Answer: While you ...

Editor’s note: How Does Your Garden Grow is a series the Gazette will feature again this growing season, provided by master gardener Ken Oles of Wrentham. He will discuss various backyard gardening ...

Who knew that there is life beyond the ordinary six pack of impatiens sold at every nursery and discount center across America? I, for one, was pleasantly surprised when I planted seed of an impatien ...