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busy Lizzie /ˌbɪzi ˈlɪzi /noun (plural busy Lizzies) BritishAn East African plant with abundant red, pink, or white flowers. It is widely grown as a houseplant, and its many hybrids are grown as bedding plants.- Impatiens walleriana, family Balsaminaceae.
My busy Lizzies are grown from seed rather than bought in off the shelf but, unfortunately, they never reach the seeding stage....- In spite of impatiens' odd common names - like busy Lizzie, touch-me-not, and snapweed - their meteoric rise to fame isn't surprising.
- Impatiens, better known as busy Lizzies, have become one of the most popular container plants.
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