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I have an impatiens with variegated leaves, which I can successfully propagate with cuttings but none of the seed I have saved from it will sprout. What is the trick to making the seed grow?

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I have an impatiens with variegated leaves, which I can successfully propagate with cuttings but none of the seed I have saved from it will sprout. What is the trick to making the seed grow?

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A. The impatiens you are growing is probably one of the New Guinea hybrids, which normally do not produce fertile seeds.