Impatiens omeiana Eco Mount Emei Stokesia taken before the flowers begin

taken before the flowers begin to open

This federally threatened central Tennessee/Kentucky native can be found naturally growing in sandy streamside soils that are seasonally inundated

a light honeysuckle fragrance is included at no extra charge

the end of each leaf forms a little cowlick curl

starting in mid-October (NC)

Impatiens omeiana Eco Mount Emei Stokesia taken before the flowers beginThanks to the late Georgia plantsman Dr. Don Jacobs, who found this superb gem in 1983 at 8,000' elevation on sacred China's Mt. Emei (near Sichuan), where it was growing among rhododendrons and tiarellas. The foliage of Impatiens omeiana resembles a New Guinea impatiens dark, velvety green with a wide, whitish stripe down the center of the leaf. The yellow flowers, resembling shrunken goldfish, occur only in early fall. Impatiens omeiana is