garden balsam or jewelweed

flower plant shrub wildflower blossom produce garden leaf herb tree petal evergreen food lilac branch fruit meadow balsam has been favorite european gardenssince victorian era its flatter-flowered cousinhas become increasingly more popular balsamattracts pollinators well nectar-feeding birds thegenus name mpatiens which means impatientreferences plants tendency explosively throw itsseeds away itself jewelweed