General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Annual
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Leaves: Fragrant
Fruit: Dehiscent
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Fall
Uses: Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Birds
Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Miscellaneous: With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth

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Common names
  • Spider Flower
  • Spider Legs
  • Grandfather's Whiskers
  • Cleome
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Tarenaya houtteana
  • Synonym: Cleome hassleriana
  • Synonym: Tarenaya hassleriana
Also sold as:
  • Color Fountain

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Location: Fairfax, Virginia (Outdoors)

Photo Courtesy of Select Seeds. Used with permission.
  • Uploaded by Joy

 Photo Courtesy of Select Seeds. Used with permission.
  • Uploaded by Joy
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dnrevel On March 19, 2021 Seeds sown
Winter Sown in DT window box to go in new, 2nd cold frame.
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