[Magdalen] Impatient Impatiens.

[Marion Thompson]

  Impatiens Downy Mildew  has been afflicting impatiens rather badly in 
the last couple of years.  that is likely the problem.

Marion, a pilgrim


On 9/17/2017 12:34 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen wrote:
> Impatient to shrivel and die, that is.
>   
> I always have a fair number of impatiens, the colorful shade annual.
> This year, starting about two weeks ago, ALL of them stopped
> blooming, then dropped their leaves and went belly-up brown.   They
> have the appearance of having been through a heavy frost, but in
> reality, the coolest morning here so far into the pre-autumn season
> has been about 50 F (10 C).  Daytime highs have been steady in
> the 70-75 F range.
>   
> I can't detect any insect or arachnid pest on these plants.   Further,
> NOTHING else is affected, including mixture plantings of coleus,
> wax begonias, and petunias plus the impatiens.
>   
> Has anyone on list encountered anything like this?
>   
> I remember first encountering impatiens in about 1970 in the
> Upper Midwest USA.  They were unknown to me before that,
> and they have been a mainstay of my summer plantings
> ever since.  I have had the feeling that they have bred them to
> the point that they are not quite as dependable as they were
> when first introduced.
>   
>   
> David S.
>