Cleome hassleriana 'Violet Queen'
Spider flower, Spider plant
- Height × spread
- 1.2m × 1m
- Position
- Full sun
- Hardiness
- Frost free greenhouse 1C & above (RHS H2)
- Flowers
- Summer, Autumn
Availability
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About this plant
This is an exotic plant that's grown as an annual. It has rich green foliage with well veined leaves that have a soft surface and are held in horizontal sprays like fingers (palmate), similar in shape to marijuana leaves. This spider flower produces purple, fulsome, fragrant and exotic blooms held on chunky flowering stalks that rise a little above the foliage. However, beware of the sharp spines that sit beneath the leaves and trap the unwary.
- Flower colour
- Purple
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Variegated
- No
- Scent
- Yes, fragrant
- Shape
- Bell
- Height
- 1.2m
- Spread
- 1m
- Season of interest
- Summer, Autumn
- Flowers in
- Summer, Autumn
- Evergreen
- Evergreen
- Garden style
- Scented garden, Mediterranean garden, Exotic garden
- Sun or shade
- Likes full sun
- Soil type
- Loam (normal), Poor soil, Sandy soil
- Soil pH
- All types
- Drainage
- Well drained soil
- Hardiness
- Frost free greenhouse 1C & above (RHS H2)
- Borders & containers
- Borders
- Hazards
- Yes, stems are prickly/thorny
Spring
Spring-Autumn · Outdoors
Water during dry periods
For plants in the ground, when there has been little or no rain for a period of 7-10 days and the soil is dry, give it a deep watering and repeat weekly until there is a downpour of rain. Check plants in pots more frequently, especially in hot weather.
Summer
Summer - early · Outdoors
Apply slow release fertiliser
Apply a slow release fertiliser which is spread around the root area of the plants soon after they have come into growth. (Or apply a liquid feed at regular intervals throughout the growing season.)
This is a simple way to provide a nutrient boost as a single annual procedure.
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