Photograph of a red flower taken last year at a local garden centre. Cropped and resized to meet Redbubble image sizes. Taken with Sony Cybershot and cropped for Redbubble, Turkey March 2009 <embed wmode="transparent" src="http://www.zazzle.co.uk/utl/getpanel?zp=117606991928782727" flashvars="feedId=117606991928782727" width="300" height="200" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" /><embed wmode="transparent" src="http://www.zazzle.co.uk/utl/getpanel?zp=117304111102037341" flashvars="feedId=117304111102037341" width="300" height="200" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" /> IMPATIENS Courtesy Wikimedia Impatiens wallerana also known as Busy Lizzy, Balsam or simply Impatiens, is native to eastern Africa from Kenya to Mozambique. It is a herbaceous perennial plant growing to 15-60 cm tall, with broad lanceolate leaves 3-12 cm long and 2-5 cm broad. Leaves are mostly alternate, although they may be opposite near the top of the plant. The flowers are profusely borne, 2-5 cm diameter, with five petals and a 1 cm spur. The seedpod explodes when ripe in the same manner as other Impatiens species, an evolutionary adaptation for seed dispersal.