I'll believe it when I see it!. My problem is spots that aren't sunny enough to grow any impatiens!!
Linda C

Yea, I agree - I'll believe it when I see it.

I doubt the full sun sphiel because the copy says it is a cross between a New Guniea and a regular impatiens (doesn't say "regular", but that's what I'm reading it to be). Well, in my experience, New Guniea aren't all that sun tolerant. Sure, they can take a few hours of full sun, but they wilt at the drop of a pin in full sun and if too much sun they'll fry. I don't have time to constantly stand guard with the hose. New Guinea perform much, much better in part shade in my experience. Regular impatient are not full sun plants. So how do two part-shade plants add up to one full-sun plant? What am I missing?

I hope it is true but I remember when they introduced New Guinea impatiens as the "full-sun impatiens". Hate to tell you how much money I wasted on trying to make that work.

mxk3~I thought the same thing. I would be willing to try one and see what it does, though.

They all grow in full sun if you put them under a big tree. ;o)

I know I'll watch for them & give a try if I find, though. Full sun MI is lots different than full sun GA, too. Let us know what you find about how they do there?

Al

HI, they had them at the Marietta GA HD yesterday on Dallas Hwy, so I'm sure they will be at most HD's soon, if not already. I thought they were sort of pricey at $4.97 each but I did buy 3 of them, one of each color, and I put them in yesterday in a good and sunny spot so now time will tell how well they do! (..and it looked like they were selling pretty good)

If you set up a water feature, they will go crazy in full sun. Add fish and it's a sure thing. We grow them in pond filters in the full Houston sun all summer and they get so thick they mat up the gravel if it's that type of filter.
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If you don't want fish, throw in some commercial fish emulsion. Wash the dirt off of the roots and set them in pea gravel instead. They languish just a bit at first but then, stand back. These in the pic are about three weeks after I put in just the cheapie little plastic pots. It might even have been the little bitty six packs. I can't remember. As you can see, it's not the New Guineas, it's the regular kind. They would be stunning in a disappearing fountain, or pondless waterfall. They actually thrive in moving water as well.

Had these last year. Loved them!! They were every bit as good as you heard. They were planted in full sun and I was even a bit neglectful with the watering. I'm now awaiting their arrival in the chicago area.

The Sunpatiens came out last year and were the biggest flop in the nursery. They could not take full sun, and maybe made it if you kept them almost waterlogged daily. Even then, the full sun in zone 6b was too much for them. The New Guineas actually did better in more sun than the Sunpatiens, which resemble New Guineas to a point. On my end-of-the-season report, I indicated that Sunpatiens were a good idea but a lost cause.

Darcy, I saw them in my local non-chain nursery, north of Chicago. I didn't buy any because there are so many things you CAN gow in full sun, I don't need impatiens for that! I do plug in a few regular impatiens in my main full sun bed, but the soil there is very moist.

The secret to growing Impatients in the full sun is packing them close together. They shade each others roots and the soil stays moist. I grow any variety in large boarders in full sun. Have for 30 yrs. But I plant very close together. They get tall and look like shrubs.

I've been growing these for the past two years in full afternoon sun. They do good as long as you water them frequently...sometimes twice a day when the temperature reaches around/over 100 degrees.