Impatiens omeiana Silver Pinkster Speirantha Bruggeman - personal conversation)

Bruggeman - personal conversation)

and was reportedly a seedling of Crinum 'Cape Dawn'

(aka: Woodwardia orientalis var

178 expired) From the UK's Notcutts Nursery

It was subsequently spotted and named after its conception method by bulb collector Herb Kelly around 1980

Impatiens omeiana Silver Pinkster Speirantha Bruggeman - personal conversation)Impatiens omeiana 'Silver Pinkster' is a clone of the winter hardy Impatiens omeiana we acquired over a decade ago from plantsman Sean Hogan, under the invalid name 'Silver Pink' (cultivar names must be nouns, not adjectives). Impatiens 'Silver Pinkster' emerges for us in early April with dark green leaves with a central silver stripe, overlain with red. The goldfish shaped flowers, composed of a yellow tube and white face, dangle from the terminal