Balsam Seeds, Rose

Commonly known as balsam, garden balsam, touch-me-not, and Rose Balsam, this flower is native to India and Myanmar. This is a rare flower to find in seed catalog these days.

Rose Balsam plants branch out, can reach 24-30″ in length, and have toothed leaves. Flowers have a mixed, lovely color range of magenta, purple and lavender. Hardy plants thrive in fertile soil but also do well in a wide range of soil fertility. Plants are very ornamental and add texture to ends of vegetable beds. Flowers are very attractive to a diverse range of pollinators, including bees as well as to hummingbirds.

Our seeds came from farmer and seed grower, Lindsay Klaunig, who got her seeds in 2018 in West Virginia from a gardener who was growing the flowers in her garden.

Our current seed stock was grown by Lindsay Klaunig of Trouvaille Farm in Athens, OH.

Packet has 0.5 gr of seeds (50-70 seeds)

GROWING NOTES

• Full sun
• Planting depth: 1/8″
• Sprouts in 15-20 days
• Ideal Growing Temperature: 75-90F
• Plant Spacing: 8″
• Frost hardy: No
• Growth habit: Medium-height plants with flowers attached to stalks
• Impatiens balsamina
• Growing tips: Start indoors 6-8 weeks before last frost for a long flowering season between late spring and hard frost or direct-seed after last frost. 60-70F is the ideal temperature range for seed germination. If you will direct-seed in the garden, Plants keep flowering through light frost. This is an annual flower that can re-seed.

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