Impatiens walleriana Starbright


Gold Medal

Introduced a All the flowers of this new Busy Lizzie mixture have stable star-pattern markings. The bright colours include violet, orange, red, rose and intermediate shades, all blazed with bold white stars. 'Starbright' is compact, early and free-flowering and will bloom all summer in semi-shade or full shade, or even in full sun in northern parts of Europe. The foliage is a healthy bronzed-green. A superb garden plant, 'Starbright' is also impressive in window boxes, tubs and hanging baskets.

In detail

Selection and hybridization has transformed the tall growing and shy flowering 'Busy Lizzie' into a most valuable bedding plants for garden display and public planting. Currently there are so many excellent compact, early and free flowering strains that it is remarkable for a new variety to receive a Fleuroselect Award for breeding and its performance throughout Europe. 1987 Award Winner Impatiens 'Starbright' is special. It combines the best qualities of existing bedding varieties with perfect star pattern bicolour flowers. Previous bicolours have been unstable and unsuitable for bedding in cold climates. Growers will find Starbright an ideal variety for colour sales. It starts to flower early, 9-10 weeks from sowing when only 5 cm tall and the large brightly coloured rounded flowers, with bold white stars command immediate attention and have tremendous sales appeal. In packs the rich mixture of violet, orange, red and rose shades, all with the characteristic white star pattern, is outstandingly effective. Individual blooms are large 3,5-4 cm across and the floriferous plants have attractive bronzed green leaves. Bedding plant retailers' customers will obtain great satisfaction from Starbright. Initially attracted by the large star pattern bicolour flowers of this novel variety, they will be delighted by the superb garden performance and compact, free flowering habit of 'Starbright' throughout the season until frost. It is particularly impressive when used in window boxes or tubs on a patio, where the full beauty of the individual blooms can be appreciated. Public Parks Departments will find that Starbright meets the need for a quick growing, free flowering plant, no more than 30-35 cm tall, with a long season. It will give extra interest to bedding displays of all kinds. Grown in pots Starbright Impatiens are a lovely decoration for offices or formal occasions.

Technical information

Novelty Characteristic:
Larger flowered than existing varieties on the market. More free-flowering.
Colour:
Mixture
Flower:
5 cm diameter
Type:
Annual, F1 Hybrid, Diploid
Use:
Bedding plant
Seed:
2200-2500 seeds per gram, 5-7 grams for 1000 plants, 85% germination
Plant:
Height 20 cm, Spread 30 cm
Growing:

Disease Control: Avoid damping off at normal spacing, three to four weeks from sowing. Keep at 18°C till established, then grow on at 10-13°C

Planting:
For bedding plant production, 10 weeks before Spring sales at 20-22 ºC

Registration details

Breeder:
Syngenta Flowers/Goldsmith Seeds
Entry number:
05/85
Protection Period:
0 years