impatiens
busy Lizzie BrE

This was a monstrous busy lizzie which started out quite small, but is now rather exaggerated in size.

British gardeners, however, prefer a delightful name for this plant: Busy Lizzie.

You see where I cut the Busy Lizzie.

Barbs would surely never voluntarily leave a cat or a Busy Lizzie to starve.

Notable members of the family (all Impatiens) include jewelweed and Busy Lizzie.

Busy lizzie plants.

Impatiens (busy Lizzie)

But in tropical islands, such as Hawaiʻi, Busy Lizzie can also become a noxious weed.

Others, like the Busy Lizzie ('I.

Construction is expected to be completed in 2013, and the tunnel boring machine's name, 'Busy Lizzie', was chosen via a competition open to local school children.

It sounds as if you are not new to busy lizzie growing, and I wonder if you are planting them in the same spot each year.

Still going strong: busy lizzie 'SunPatiens'.

The Murder of Busy Lizzie, (London: Michael Joseph, 1973)

It was also known as Fleissiges Lieschen ("Busy Lizzie").

Impatiens walleriana (Busy Lizzie)

They are often considered a pest on both Busy lizzie (Impatiens wallerana) and Fuchsias (Fuchsia sp.)

Another important plant brought back to China from Mount Ophir by Hullett was a variant of Impatiens (Busy Lizzie).

Many Ericales species are cultivated for their showy flowers: well-known examples are azalea, rhododendron, camellia, polyanthus, cyclamen, phlox, and busy Lizzie.

Experiment with newcomers: 'Avanti', a very early flowering geranium, and 'Picotee Swirl', the first busy Lizzie in soft pink with frilled, deep rose edges.

The New Guinea impatiens is a compact, bushy plant producing richly coloured foliage which provides a superb foil to its abundant pink to rosy-red busy Lizzie blooms.

Common names include impatiens, jewelweed, touch-me-not, snapweed, and, for I. walleriana in Great Britain, "busy lizzie", as well as, ambiguously, balsam.

Hybrids, typically derived from "Busy Lizzie" (the well-known I. walleriana) and te New Guinea Impatiens (I. hawkeri), have commercial importance as garden plants.

Others, like the Busy Lizzie (I. walleriana), have flattened flowers with large petals and just a tiny spur that appear somewhat similar to violets (Viola), though these are unrelated eudicots.

Basil can also be propagated very reliably from cuttings in exactly the same manner as "Busy Lizzie" (Impatiens), with the stems of short cuttings suspended for two weeks or so in water until roots develop.

Busy lizzies (impatiens) were hit hard by downy mildew, and have been removed entirely from many parks and gardens open to the public; the days of the busy Lizzie as a key bedding plant appear to be numbered.