Cleome hassleriana
A stunning, spindly floral garden delight.
What if spiders carried flowers on their backs? What if they spun their webs atop tall stalks so their bundles of blooms could be seen above the garden fray of rocks and weeds? Would you make room for these leggy blossom bearers? If you grow Cleome, the Spider Flower, the answer is yes. Let these pink flowers be born and stretch their long, seed-podded legs in your garden. The firework explosions of pink blooms, appearing higher and higher all season, will be your reward.
