Here is photo of the impatiens grouping:
The large purple plant is Persian Shield...this is the first time I've tried it. Where we live I guess it is an indoor plant, but one nursery I went to had it this year with the heat summer loving plants, so I was making the big planter and decided to try it.
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/516/
Maybe you have them there in Australia, Lara?
We've had tons of rain this year, so these plants have loved that!
I also put a product called soil moist in their soil, which holds moisture for sensitive type plants like this. It is a granular resin that swells up when wet like jello. Only it does not rot away, and it holds containers between waterings. I left that planter for 5 weeks on the left, and my house sitter only watered it ONCE...that is one hot dry spot in the photo... so that is some wet summer!
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Weezie looking at petunias 8.25.2017
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