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Oct 22, 2016 5:17 PM CST
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Name: Anna Nichols
SW Louisiana (Zone 8a)
I am looking for a Variegated Impatiens that makes pink flowers. The plant is very rare. .
Here is a picture of what it looks like.
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Oct 22, 2016 5:28 PM CST
Name: Lin Vosbury
Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a)

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Hi Anna, Welcome!
Variegated Impatiens (Impatiens walleriana 'Variegata') sure is a beauty! I googled but only found one vendor listing it for sale:

White Flower Farms, http://www.whiteflowerfarm.com...
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Oct 22, 2016 6:47 PM CST
Name: Sue
Ontario, Canada (Zone 4b)
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Welcome! I've seen that plant in the past but there has been a problem in recent years with downy mildew in Impatiens walleriana and even the "regular" ones have been hard to find in at least some areas. Here's an article about the disease from last year:

https://blogs.cornell.edu/hort...
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