I have impatiens that have grown to 14 in tall and the blooms are looking worn, how can I spruce up the blooms

Question

The flowers are in a bed of plants that have grown together nicely, but the blooms are looking worn and haggared

Answer 1

dead head the blooms, new blooms should arrive in about a month. It's close to fall, so you might get one more set of blooms. also lightly fertilize. Next yr, if you still have them, fertilize in early spring and once in mid summer, continue to dead head and you should get lots of blooms.

Answer 2

Trim off any old blooms and also any straggly stems. The plant will respond by growing new buds and stems. My mother has an impatiens in her house and she does this. She trimmed the whole plant back and it grew back quite bushy and with lots of blooms. I've had impatiens outside and trimmed the old blooms. The plants then produced new healthy blooms.

Answer 3

Pinch the blooms off.