George Weigel's Garden Tip of the Week: What is causing area impatiens to die?

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Channel: PennLive.com · 2012 · People & Blogs

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Gardeners all over central Pennsylvania are seeing patches of their favorite annual flower keel over from a deadly new disease. It's called downy mildew, and it threatens to wipe out impatiens as our go-to flower for shade.

In this tip of the week, garden expert George Weigel tells midstate gardeners what to look for when diagnosing the plants. He also offers a less than ideal outlook for next year's impatiens plants.

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