This is a noxious weed in the garden and a threat to natural areas over a wide range of climates. I'm still pulling plants from a dry sha...Read Morede area many years after it was introduced---clearly the seeds remain viable in the soil for at least several years.
In the wet soils it prefers, this can get 10' tall. In dry soils, it can self-sow at only 1'.
Due to the threat it presents to the environment, it is illegal to sell, transport, or plant this species in Massachusetts and three other states.
My husband and I moved into an older home in downtown Fairbanks in early May. Neighbors told us we'd be suprised by the variety of plant...Read Mores and flowers that grace the yard. We had be walking all over what we supposed was unplanted soil...then what appeard to ME to be weeds sprung up. Advised not to pull anything until we were sure, we let this plant grow and Grow and GROW. It is now well over 6 feet tall, and the stalks as big around as my ankles! It has stayed pretty well contained to that one flower bed, but has spread a bit to others. We are facinated by the quickness of growth, and the height reached. We'll keep it for now.
According to the Global Invasive Species Database, this plant is very invasive in North America and Europe and difficult to eradicate. ...Read Morer />
Please show some consideration for your neighbours and the environment and don't grow this plant. Yes, it is very pretty, but wherever you live there are many other pretty plants to choose from that are not invasive.
A neighbor in Essex County, (northern) New York planted a sample of Himalayan Balsam last year as part of a study of Impatiens. By May t...Read Morehis year her vegetable and flower beds were dotted with small and growing plants of the species, and she has a major job of ridding herself of them. Plus there is a danger that the plant will spread to nearby wild lands. One plant can produce up to 800 or more seeds and they may remain viable for more than a year. Impatiens glandulifera is thus highly invasive. In England, where it was introduced decades ago, it has spread widely and thickly and is regarded as one of the top invasives. Don't help it to achieve this position on US lists of problem species
I was given seeds about 20 years ago. When they grew, I transplanted plants to Beaver River Station, North end of Herkimer County, N. Y....Read More, I have had them there since then, propagating freely. I now have one in Lowville, Lewis county, NY, from a wandering seed brought here in a hanging pot. I have never been able to identify them until now. I will be giving plants to friends here, from the large field at Beaver River. They also attract wild deer, they eat the flowers. I get constant comments of delight, through the years many have taken seeds for themselves. The only adverse thing, I had pulled up dozens of seed popping plants and developed hives. They didn't last but I was more careful later years.
This Plant is a listed noxious weed and is illegal to sell or to grow in Washington State. In King County, western WA there are over 100 ...Read Moreknown sites were it has invaded streams and wetlands and out competes native vegetation. It also lures pollinators away from smaller less showy native flowers, resulting in a smaller seed set of native plants.
It was a sad occasion, a wake for a child of a great friend, but I was inspired by the garden surrounding the funeral home. One plant rea...Read Morelly caught my eye. I had never seen this plant before. I was not in any mood to inquire that evening, but the image of the plant remained with me, and finally I called the funeral home. I was almost embarrassed to ask, but as it turns out, I am not the first who has called.
They were very nice to me and supplied the name and said I could get seeds this fall or come back in the spring for newly growing plants. Anyway, weed or not, this 'policeman's helmet' will be cultivated in my yard next spring. Like the sunflower and other tall flowers it will give me a screen from the road surface and a pleasant site for those who walk by. Seed source is in Greenville, NY.
Has, lance shaped, toothed mid green leaves and thick red stems. Bears light ...Read Morepink, white or purple, hooded, scented flowers. Produces many capsules which spring open when ripe and spreads the seeds far and wide.
Flowers June-October Has managed to colonise a lot of watersides and is not recommended to grow where it isn't present in the local area.
Likes a moist, well drained soil in partial shade but will tolerate some sun.
Please do not plant this.
This plant is running amok in our water courses in South West England. It is very pretty but seeds everywhere.
This is a noxious weed in the garden and a threat to natural areas over a wide range of climates. I'm still pulling plants from a dry sha...Read More
This plant has completely taken over our garden in Northern California. The flowers are pretty, but we are having a terrible time getting rid of it.
My husband and I moved into an older home in downtown Fairbanks in early May. Neighbors told us we'd be suprised by the variety of plant...Read More
According to the Global Invasive Species Database, this plant is very invasive in North America and Europe and difficult to eradicate....Read More
A neighbor in Essex County, (northern) New York planted a sample of Himalayan Balsam last year as part of a study of Impatiens. By May t...Read More
I was given seeds about 20 years ago. When they grew, I transplanted plants to Beaver River Station, North end of Herkimer County, N. Y....Read More
This Plant is a listed noxious weed and is illegal to sell or to grow in Washington State. In King County, western WA there are over 100 ...Read More
It was a sad occasion, a wake for a child of a great friend, but I was inspired by the garden surrounding the funeral home. One plant rea...Read More
A large invasive annual from the Himalayas.
Has, lance shaped, toothed mid green leaves and thick red stems. Bears light ...Read More