How to Use impatiens in a Sentence
impatiens
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Snails and slugs love impatiens plants and a photo with your email suggests one or both have been at work.
— Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 17 July 2021 -
Two pots of SunPatiens impatiens mark the entry to the patio.
— Grace Haynes, Southern Living, 21 Apr. 2021 -
In those days, there was a home on a busy street with the front yard adorned in colorful impatiens, a fireworks display of flowers.
— Jason Kelly, The Indianapolis Star, 10 July 2020 -
Luckily much of the plant with some foliage is left, and the impatiens could recover.
— Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 17 July 2021 -
Traditional impatiens prefer shade to filtered sun, but the others do well if the site has some sun in the morning or afternoon and the rest is shade.
— Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 10 Apr. 2021 -
Shade from walls or trees: Plant hostas, caladiums, impatiens or small hydrangeas.
— oregonlive, 24 Mar. 2021 -
The jewelweed, sometimes called touch-me-not, is actually a wild impatiens.
— Sheryl Devore, chicagotribune.com, 14 Oct. 2021 -
Caladiums start to decline by late summer, but begonias, coleus and impatiens can last through fall.
— Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 10 Apr. 2021 -
Consider rows of ornamentals such as pansies and impatiens sidling up to hydrangea.
— Kathryn O'Shea-Evans, WSJ, 13 Aug. 2021 -
Geraniums, petunias, New Guinea impatiens and mixed baskets are among the varieties expected to be available.
— Courant Community, 8 May 2018 -
Plant dwarf annual flowers such as coleus, impatiens and seedling geraniums inside as houseplants.
— oregonlive, 3 Jan. 2022 -
Geraniums, petunias, fuchsia and New Guinea impatiens are among the varieties expected to be available.
— Hartford Courant, 29 Apr. 2022 -
Coleus, fibrous begonias, impatiens and pelargoniums will bloom under lights all winter.
— Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Sep. 2020 -
Offerings will include flats of geraniums, begonias, New Guinea impatiens, petunias, and verbena; 12-inch patio pots for both sun and shade; and a wide variety of hanging baskets.
— cleveland, 23 Apr. 2021 -
Customers will be able to select from a variety of hanging baskets featuring geraniums, New Guinea impatiens and sunpatiens.
— Bob Dohr, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2022 -
Then pick some of the shorter growing but colorful plants including angelonia, begonias, crossandra, impatiens, marigolds, pentas, salvia, torenia and zinnias for the summer months.
— Tom MacCubbin, OrlandoSentinel.com, 1 June 2017 -
Full shade: Colorful impatiens, miniature mat daisies, and begonias are perfect flowers for shadier areas of your garden, while shade-tolerant coleus, hostas, and helichrysum add balancing foliage.
— Kelsey Clark, Glamour, 18 May 2021 -
Ron Peterson at Milaeger's recommends this sun-loving impatiens.
— Joanne Kempinger Demski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 24 Mar. 2022 -
Flower Blossoms Program finds volunteers and business owners responsible for watering petunias and impatiens from Lincoln to Cordova avenues.
— John Benson, cleveland, 18 June 2020
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