'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.