Impatiens omeiana Eco Mount Emei Fragrant Flowers shiny green

shiny green

If you are looking for just one giant showstopping perennial

Canna 'Pink Sunburst' is similar to Canna 'Bengal Tiger' (yellow and green striped leaves)

but we've always doubted it was identified correctly

rapidly-multiplying mound of tropical-looking foliage is topped all summer by large salmon-pink flowers

Impatiens omeiana Eco Mount Emei Fragrant Flowers shiny greenThanks 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