Common
name: "Spider Flower"
Latin name: Cleome hassleriana 'Sparkler White'
Class:
Annual
Growth habit: Clump forming
Max height: 36" - 48"
Spread: 16" - 18" Flowers: Spring - Summer
Available cultivars: 5+ Origin:
Hybrid
Originally South America
Sunshine:
Water:
Pictured: Cleome
Sparkler White'
Photo:
Missouri Botanic Gardens
Cultivation:
The 'Sparkler' series is shorter than the common Cleome, but
they still can grow to sizeable proportions making Spider Flowers very useful as an annual hedge... or planted at the rear of a
bed.
Plant Spider Flowers in full sun in fertile well drained soil. Cleome
Sparkler White is
very heat and sun tolerant. A vigorous re-seeder that should
reappear the following spring. Space new container grown plants
24" to 30" apart.
The flowers are quite aromatic and excellent for cutting.
Potential pests ~ diseases: Aphids, spider mites or
whiteflies.
