Update: got some seedlings 6 days after sowing seeds. The picture below was taken today, about 3 days post germination. They're stretching towards light source (the window) as it's been mostly overcast and raining lately. Let's see how they do.

I'm quite suprised it hasn't turned into an impatiens forest there....they produce such copious seeds.

They won't mature enough for flowers in six inches...sorry. Certainly you can attempt to torture them as bonsai for a while though.

I don't know...but I would say those seeds are likely to lose vitality quicky if stored in warm dry conditions...maybe a year ? I'd probably put them in a cool dry location...but those would be pretty scarce in a tropical area...perhaps in a sealed baggy in your fridge ?

"... torture them as bonsai..." ouch! Hehee, really appreciated the input though.

Guess I'll try to keep them in its current pot for as long as possible, then find bigger pot (and bigger space) for them in due time. ;o)

Those are adorbs.

Good luck in your propagation experiment.

Hee, I planted some yesterday...for transplant outside in a month or so, as small seedlings. I hope minre are far less leggy than yours (*fingers crossed*).

Btw, I strongly suspect you can propagate them from cuttings too...I don't know of an impatien species that you can't.

dbarron, do share progress of your plants too. Mine are still leggy, not enough sunshine because it's still raining heavily for the last few weeks. More seeds have germinated though, so I have a lot more (too much) seedlings.. ;D

Ok, I will...it'll be a week or two before anything happens though :)

So, curious thing happened. I sowed some seeds a couple of days ago (Friday) into the pots where I have my seedlings, just for the fun of it. The seedlings are in an east-facing balcony at my mom's place now, btw, so that they'll have better conditions to grow. This morning I noticed a lot of the seeds have germinated, just 2 days later, meanwhile nothing has happened yet to the seeds I've sown in a pot on my windowsill almost 2 weeks ago. Must be the heat of direct morning sun at the balcony this last couple of days, the temperature are around 28 degrees Celcius lately, but the weather app on my phone shows RealFeel is 36. =D

Here's what they look right now, I really need to transplant these asap, it's getting a bit crowded.. :p

I transplanted Wed....but an unexpected light frost came and helped weed for me (Friday)...now I have half what I had pre-transplant/frost. I still have ample, but not many to share :(

Too bad about the frost. When the remaining plants successfully grow and start producing seeds, hopefully you'll have (too) many more to share.. :D Maybe keep a couple as indoor houseplants?

They look pretty good to me...but yes, I transplanted when the first true leaves were just unfolding..I don't like too much congestion (course now I have empty pots from frost).

Finally got to transplant them, but there's so many of them (I'd say 99% germination rate and I want to keep them all, remaining seeds have been given to friends), I'm out of pots. Still need to transplant these:

These are some from the first batch:

Stems view:

Here's all of them:

That's lovely!! Please share more photos.. Mine are leafy still, no sign of blooms yet.

Well here's the basic color palette that I got...there's some intergradiations between these colors too...but that gives you the idea. Please note, the purple is more vibrant and less brownish than that (always hard to get all the colors right)

Finally have first buds... :)

these are from the ones in a pot outside and left to fend for themselves

You know (this may be known fact..but I don't know it), this lends credence to what I've seen in northern gardens (like Canada), the long days in summer cause things to grow really fast...and perpetually warm climates (like yours) with relatively short (12 hourish) days apparently they don't grow nearly as fast...since I've had blooms for several weeks and have almost mature seed pods too and you sowed two or three weeks before me.

I didn't know that, thanks for the info. This might explain why the ones that are in the roofed balcony haven't shown any signs of buds. They get direct sunlight early in the day and later in the afternoon, but I guess not as much as the ones outside.. ;)

Can't wait for these to bloom...

Bloom!! Many more to come, I'm so excited... :D

And that's a double for sure...I have mixed feelings about double flowers, since you get more individual flowers from singles.

I don't mind having less flowers, as long as there's flowers, hehee.. The double ones look pretty too, like small roses.

Yep, I'm mostly a single snob...congrats on achieving flowerhood though!

Here's the pale pink ones...

Here are some with red flecks on the blooms. I guess the sown seeds were the results of cross pollination between the two colors?

Ooh, nice color!! Looks like tie dyed fabric

Well mine are down...due to frost, I'm hoping they return from the copious seeds (which I negligently didn't gather).

Mine are left in the care of my mom. Have to go halfway around the world for work for quite a while..

My Balsamina plants reseed so well that I have to pull out hundreds to eliminate over crowding. I just love them and always offer seeds to friends. They offer a lot of color when I cut down the finished bleeding hearts.