Genus: Cleome

Spider flower. I have some of these in pots, I have grown with free seeds from Amature Garden mag. I belive they have spikes and grow to about 3-4ft?
Mine are not flowering yet but cant wait.

Lovely.

Beautiful and fantastic colour.

they are lovely gillian.

wow this is beautiful

Ooh, I really like this, it looks quite exotic and lovely
colours.

Yes Angie it should still be flowering in August.

very nice picture, Chris. I hope to see it "live"

I love these plants too, they look so different from anything else I've seen .! Great close-up shot !

I didn't get any self seeded ones. I raised a second generation from the seeds I collected. Mind you the bed where I grew them last year has lost nearly every young plant thet I have put out this year (to snails I think), so that could be the reason why I didn't get any self seeded ones.

Isn't it an amazingly plant? It is able to self seed...I don't have to collect seed...they come up all over my garden...I bought my first plants five or six years ago and haven't had to buy seed since... the purple ones are very sturdy and resilient...they have thorns on the underside of the leaf stems so be careful when cutting them...they are excellent cut flowers but will drop all their petals on your table tops after a day or so. A massed planting of them is a show stopper!

I grow it as a hardy annual Bonkers. This is the biggest and is in a pot. I started some off indoors and some outdoors. Some of the seedlings I planted out got eaten straight away by snails.

Is that real? Looks like a posh flower arrangement - mmmm

Beautiful Chris I am waiting for mine to flower Cant wait now I.ve seen yours

Stunning plant - compliments the backdrop nicely , is it tender?

Mine too ! They do great, and next to no maintance. They are tall but don't need staking. Great for the back of the flowerbed.

One of my favorite summer annuals !

Hi all...I have success with the cleome that I have ...I let them go to seed and the seed overwinters...(We have serious winters here, lol.) I bought plants the first year, and I've had cleome every year since...they are annuals but I did not plant them... they come up in mat's if I don't disturb the soil in last years beds. I just take a clump and separate them, put them where I want them in the bed and let them do their thing. They grow 3 to 5 feet tall will ooodles of seeds. they aren't picky about soil, but like any other annual, give them the good stuff and they really come along. Keep trying, they're worth it. Also, if they don't germinate well the seeds may benefit from a short stay in the refrigerator. (vernalization)

My cottage style garden wouldn't be complete without cleome, I just love it.

Hi Dibber and spritzhenry . They are beautiful plants and just keep flowering but I have to hold my hands up here and be honest - I bought the plants ready to go!! I don't have space for a greenhouse but do have a small cold frame. Maybe I'll try cleome next year and let you know how it goes.

I tried cleomes from seed this year for the first time. Planted April in greenhouse, only 3 germinated and have just begun to flower, They are purplish, and the packet said 'mixed colours'. Oh well, try again next year!

Hi Maple have tried growing cleome but think I started them too late have you grown them ? If so when did you sow the seeds.