I always seem to be too late to collect the seeds before they are dispersed but I will to "capture" some this week in case no one else comes forward. Alana

Started with bean, Thank you so much for the encouragement! I was really hoping someone would share some information who's grown them before:) so the info you provided helps so much! I will definately try to water before the tray becomes desert like! Also maybe I will direct the fan away from the impatiens allowing the fan to blow only around my other plants. I been seemingly getting different messages as far as fertilizing? Mine have never been fertlized but is theyr'e growth usually this small? I sown them on March 1st. That would be so wonderful if they really just grown out of this. Do you fertilize with something like miracle grow or fish emulsion? I would hate to burn them after they are already leaved weird. But maybe by not fertilizing them I am helping them struggle longer? If you can provide anymore information I would love to learn even more! At least for tonight I am not going to try anything on them and will try not to worry :) I can worry later if they start to fall over dead! ha ha Hopefully that won't happen! Also' I had them under two fixtures with 4- tubes Cool White fluorescents Maybe I was stressing them by being to warm and also dried that they were struggling. There leaves pointed down look as if they are saying " My solar leaves have to much light!" then again maybe not. Either way I think putting the lights a little farther from the plants and giving them a little less time under the lights would be a good thing! And less time between waterings! I will keep you posted, in the mean time thanks so much for all your help!

Wendy, I just wanted to share my experience with Impatiens Balfourii with you...... I received some of these seeds in a round robin swap two years ago and about 5 plants germinated. I put them in a shady spot in the garden and marveled at them all season - where had they been all my life? Just beautiful and so different from the acres of bedding impatiens my neighbors put in evey year. That August I went into my usual "Ok, how do I collect seed on all these plants, including IB, that were new to me this year?" and like you had a hard time getting seed from IB. Maybe got ten seeds, far fewer than I wanted. So I started last summer with those seeds WS and they all germinated. I decided to put a bunch in a gorgeous new urn I'd gotten and they looked great (I think they are very elegant). Last August, I had a bit more success collecting seed and was excited that I would be able to fill in lots of shadey spots with this plant. Long story short (er!) I ended up being able to give the WS seedlings away this year because IB had heavily self seeded (or carried by birds - must be cause there were some 20' from the urn)all over my shady patio area. It looks wonderful. I have been able to transplant some of these volunteers to other places. I feel like I won the lottery and everyone comments on this unusal plant. No one had ever seen it before here until I had a friend over who sometimes works for a local MAster Gardner on her extensive beds. She said- "oh, you better watch this one - it's very invasive" So, for now, I am loving the volunteers.They have been blooming their heads off since June and never look ratty or tired. I bet you get some volunteers too and won't have to worry too much about seed collecting! Nancy

I have some of those in my garden for couple of years already! They really do self-sow and look very pretty and delicate! I always want to collect those seeds, but always a step too late! Karen