Beacon Formula Mixture Hybrid Impatiens Seeds contains Impatiens walleriana varieties, also known as busy lizzy, that are tender perennials, usually grown as annuals, offering spring through late summer interest. Showy white, violet, coral, orange, salmon, rose, anThe well-branched varieties in the Beacon Formula Mixture Hybrid Impatiens have an upright, mounded, spreading habit. They are shown to best effect when massed in shady beds and borders, but they are also perfect for containers and hanging baskets. d bright red blooms cover the plants non-stop all season. A beloved garden staple, easily grown from seed, impatiens prefers partial to deep shade and humus rich, moist, well-drained soil. It is important to keep it well watered and protected from strong winds. Start impatiens seeds indoors 8 to 10 weeks before the last frost date and transplant seedlings into the garden in spring when the threat of frost has passed. If you plan to start your seeds indoors, be sure to check out our Bio Dome Seed Starter Kit. With the Bio Dome, you can control the temperature, light, and soil mix to ensure your seeds become strong for transplant. It's going to be another beautiful spring in your garden! We are delighted to celebrate 150 years of gardening friendship with you! "Your success and pleasure are more to Park than your money." The motto of our founder, George W. Park, has been the inspiration for Park Seed Company ever since its 1868 founding at the kitchen table of a 15-year-old boy who hoped to sell seeds from his own garden for a little pocket money. Mr. Park considered gardening a spiritual delight as well as a useful and pleasant activity. In early catalogs, he encouraged gardeners to form clubs and swap seeds, even printing nature poetry they had written. His catalogs united gardeners in remote rural areas, and by 1918, Park Seed Company had 180,000 customers. Today our gardeners number in the millions, yet we still adhere to Mr. Park's original motto. We may be connecting online through social media rather than handwritten letters, but the spirit and the result is the same: bringing the joys of gardening to as many people as possible.