Spider flower
Cleome hassleriana
'Spider flower' is a plant in the Cleome genus with a scientific name of Cleome hassleriana.
Spider Flowers are tall, annual plants with spirally arranged leaves. The leaves are palmately compound, with five or seven leaflets up to 12 cm long and 4 cm broad and the leaf petiole up to 15 cm long. The flowers are purple, pink, or white, with four petals and six long stamens.
It is a flower that typically grows as an annual, which is defined as a plant that matures and completes its lifecycle over the course of a single year. Spider flower is known for its erect habit and growing to a height of approximately 1.52 metres (4.94 feet). This plant tends to bloom in mid summer. Popular varieties of Spider flower with home gardeners are Color Fountain Mixed, Violet Queen, White Queen, Purple Queen, and Cherry Queen.Spider flower is normally quite a low maintenance plant and is normally very easy to grow - great for beginner gardeners!
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How to grow Spider flower
Spider flower is sturdy and does not require staking. When the plants are small, pinch out the growing tips so that they will branch and become bushy. They sometimes shed their lower leaves in the fall — if this bothers you, plant companion plants nearby to camouflage their baldness.
Growing Spider flower from seed
By our calculations*, you should look at sowing Spider flower about 28 days before your last frost date .
Transplanting Spider flower
By our calculations*, you should look at planting out Spider flower about 7 days after your last frost date.
Companion plants for Spider flower
These plants have been known to grow well alongside Spider flower so consider planting:
Repellent plants for Spider flower
These plants will not grow well with Spider flower so avoid planting these within close proximity:
Common Spider flower problems
These problems, diseases and pests are known to affect Spider flower plants:
Other names for Spider flower
Pink queen, Grandfather's whiskers, Spider legs
Cleome hassleriana Chod.
Misspellings: Cleome hasslerana
Latest Spider flower Reviews
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17 May 2011
danny919's White Queen was
Reviewed day 5
I think it should have been sown in Feb./Mar. might be to warm for germination now.
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