White cleome surrounded by petunias in a landscape setting (Lohr)
 

Cleome hasslerana
Spider flower



 
  • Water use: Low; can grow in many parts of the west with no supplemental irrigation.
  • Light: Full sun.
  • Size: 3 to 4 feet tall and wide.
  • Plant habit: Tall and upright, branching out as it ages.
  • Season of bloom: Continuously from mid-summer until frost.  Flowers continue opening from the ends of the stems throughout the season.
  • Flower colors: Plants produce white, pink, or purple flowers.
  • Culture: Plants occasionally may be available from garden centers.  May be started from seeds grown indoors or sown outdoors in the place they are to be grown.
  • Maintenance: Plants produce viable seeds which ocassionally germinate the following year.
  • Pests/Diseases: Insect- and disease-free.

 
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Virginia I. Lohr and Caroline H. Pearson-Mims
Dept. of Hort & LA, Washington St. Univ.
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