Indoor Gardening and Houseplants: Houseplant Collection for 2010 - Part 2 , 1 by wintergardener

wintergardener wrote:
Sadly, Americans overlook impatiens as houseplants. In England, however, this is not so. There they adorn many a window garden. I have a single pink variety growing this winter, but my all-time favorite, impatiens, one flourished in the house last year, was a pink double, or "rosebud" variety. How it bloomed and bloomed without a hitch from September through May. In the picture below, the plant is to the right of Narcissus 'Golden Sun.'

I have found that impatiens cuttings grow roots practically overnight in pots of straight vermiculite. What is your preferred rooting-medium? Regular potting soil?

And what, may I ask, is "gps?"