Impatiens balsamina Rose | Balsam | Touch-Me-Not | 10_Seeds Moth Garden

Impatiens balsamina Rose | Balsam | Touch-Me-Not | 10_Seeds Moth GardenThis is Impatiens balsamina Rose, also known as Balsam, and Touch Me Not. This is an Annual plant that likes to live in the sun but can also be happy in partial shade. It blooms from late Spring until early Fall and is a very popular guy with the bees, birds, and butterflies. This plant has a high mineral content when it is raw, so you do not want to eat too much of this plant while it is raw but it can be boiled or dried and eaten without a worry.

also known as Turkish Tree Hazel

Big thicket hibiscus

A epiphyte can live off of nutrients that it takes directly from the air and rain

Young seed pods are very tasty and older pods can be eaten after the floss is removed

but some of the plants should be pink and others white

The meaning of macroura is long tail

Daucus carota is the larval host plant for the Purple Carrot-seed Moth

They are a group of butterflies inside the brush footed family

Keep in mind that the more sun it gets the more flowers you will have

and Tailed Jay butterflies

The flowers of this plant can be eaten in small amounts and in moderation

I am sure that these plants provides for hundreds of other butterflies