Beacon® Coral Improved Impatiens

Beacon® Coral Improved is a named Beacon impatiens selection for shaded beds and containers. PanAmerican Seed’s 2025 variety catalog introduced Coral Improved as an upgrade to original Coral, describing denser branching, larger rounder flowers, and a brighter, clearer flower color. [PanAmerican Seed’s 2025 catalog](https://catalog.panamseed.com/view/811944704/12/) ## Selection identity and display The exact selection page identifies Beacon™ Coral Improved as Impatiens walleriana PAS1413664 and describes its flower color as Coral Improved. PanAmerican’s current Coral page shows the same PAS1413664 code under a shorter Coral title; this profile retains the captured Improved selection name and records PAS1413664 as its selection code. [Garden Center Marketing’s exact selection page](https://www.gardencentermarketing.com/plantname/Impatiens-walleriana-Beacon-Coral-improved) and [PanAmerican Seed’s Coral page](https://www.panamseed.com/Products/034701686001278/impatiens-beacon-coral/) support this identity. ## Growth and site The exact selection page reports a mounding, spreading habit, 14–18 inch height, 12–14 inch width, full shade or partial sun, moist well-drained soil, and zones 10–11. It lists flowering through the season, summer interest, beds, containers, ground-cover use, low maintenance, and no deadheading. Iowa State Extension describes Impatiens walleriana as a bedding plant that performs best in partial shade and moist, well-drained soil; heavy shade is possible but may reduce flowering. [Iowa State Extension’s growing guide](https://yardandgarden.extension.iastate.edu/how-to/growing-impatiens-home-garden) ## Maintenance Plant outdoors after frost danger has passed. Keep the soil moist and well drained, and check container plantings during dry weather. Beacon has high genetic resistance to widely prevalent impatiens downy mildew populations, but PanAmerican notes it is not immune; continue routine monitoring.