it is impatiens namchbarwensis- blue impatiens, species, quite rare. Annie's annuals sell plants for $17 each. I had pretty good luck with growing impatiens from seeds. Problem with species that they not always set seeds- many of them need special pollinator animal- ants, bees and perfect tropical weather. Some impatiens even if obtained and grown for a season can't survive into second year and they won't produce seeds.

gr8heather, I thought I could find a helpful answer for you, but this may not be helpful. What you need is someone who understands this much better than I do, but I figured I should post the links to help you or the expert who might happen along. Best of luck! These vendors say it's hybrid: http://www.gurneys.com/product.asp?pn=80662 http://www.gourmetseed.com/product/PK14/Pumpkin-One-Too-Many-F1-Hybrid.html http://www.osborneseed.com/product-details.cfm?pumpkin--one-too-many-f1 Neither Jung nor Reimer mention it being hybrid, but list it as PVP or PVP applied for. https://www.jungseed.com/dp.asp?pID=03289&c=138&p=One+Too+Many+Pumpkin http://www.reimerseeds.com/one-too-many-pumpkins.aspx PVP means you can't legally propagate it and sell seed or plants; I don't know if you can propagate it and sell fruit legally from seed you've saved. But in any case, if it's really PVP, then the variety must be open-pollinated rather than hybrid. This info makes me wonder if the vendors who call it F1 have a lawsuit in their future. http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/crops/00301.html http://www.iphandbook.org/handbook/ch10/p11/ And then there's Rupp (never heard of them before), who say nothing about hybrid or PVP: http://www.ruppseeds.com/divvegetable/onetoomany.htm?mnu=4 If you don't get a response here, you might also try the Vegetables forum. This post was edited by missingtheobvious on Tue, Feb 12, 13 at 19:55

The mistake I made when first planting impatiens is I buried the seed too deeply. Just place the seeds on top of the soil and lightly press them in, then water. I use a bottle with a spout similar to that of a shampoo bottle to water. It has an opening small enough to allow one drop of water at a time. Check often and don't let the soil dry out. You could put plastic over the planting tray, I don't do this because I wind up too often with moldy seeds. If you plant the seeds in the late winter in an unheated room, it will take a while for them to sprout so don't give up too soon. To be honest though, some mixes of certain varieties still fail for me, so then I'll try another variety, like instead of Accent, I'll try Sunny Lady for example. I collected seed from only burgundy colored impatiens last fall just to see what would happen. They sprouted and grew well. I got plants with burgundy flowers, but also got plants with salmon and with violet flowers too. The plants are all healthy and floriferous like the parent plant. I am satisfied with how everything turned out and am going to try collecting only white impatien seeds for next year.

From what I have gathered in my communication with the breeding companies.... No you cant. Funny thing is you can buy seeds of doubles but they dont seem to set seed. I was told they have no reproductive organs.