'Cleome - Pink Queen' Seeds
Cleome hassleriana
- Annual to 150 cm height
- Clear pink flowers from Spring to Autumn
- Evergreen
- Fast grower
- Drought tolerant once established
- Suits beds, borders and pots
- Informal and cottage gardens
- Makes a great cut flower
- Perfumed
- Bee and butterfly attracting
- Open pollinated seeds
Cleome hassleriana, commonly known as spider flower, spider plant, pink queen or grandfather's whiskers, is an annual growing to a height of 150 cm, with spirally arranged leaves. The leaves are palmately compound, with five or seven leaflets, the leaflets up to 12 cm long and 4 cm broad and the leaf petiole up to 15 cm long. The flowers are pink with some white, with four petals and six long stamens. The fruit is a capsule up to 15 cm long and 3 mm broad, containing several seeds. Flowering lasts from spring to early autumn. The scented blooms are sometimes compared to citronella. C. hassleriana is commonly cultivated in temperate regions as a half-hardy annual.
Cleome - Pink Queen
PriceFrom $2.29
Genus Cleome Species Hasslerina Common name Pink Queen, Spider Flower, Spider Plant, Grandfather's Whiskers Type Annual Flower color Pink (some white) Foliage Green Perfumed flowers Yes