USDA collaboration with Longwood Gardens

A joint research trip brought about wide distribution of the New Guinea impatiens to gardeners

Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. Collection Highlights New Guinea Impatiens "Trapeze," part of the Circus series developed in the 1970s by Dr. Robert Armstrong of Longwood Gardens On January 4, 1970, two plant explorers set out on a 10 week trip to explore New Guinea and collect ornamental plants. The trip was the twelfth of thirteen plant exploration trips co-sponsored by Longwood Gardens and USDA's Horticulture Crops Research Branch. Longwood provided the necessary funds while USDA provided simplified access into foreign countries, manpower, and the knowledge and authority to expedite plant quarantine measures. Research horticulturist Harold F. Winters and plant physiologist Dr. Joseph J. Higgins, gathered 840 live collections of seeds, plants and cuttings. These included aroids, citrus, ferns, gesneriads, gingers, grasses, hoyas, impatiens, and rhododendrons. Many of the collections looked promising, but the plants that caused the greatest sensation and have met with the greatest success are the New Guinea Impatiens. For more information, view the online guide to the Robert J. Armstrong Collection on New Guinea Impatiens prepared by staff of Special Collections.

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