Buy Beautiful Cleome Hassleriana, Houtteana, Pungens, Spinosa - Spider Flower Plants Online
Original price
Rs. 99.00
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Original price
Rs. 99.00
Original price
Rs. 99.00
Rs. 99.00
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Rs. 99.00
Current price
Rs. 99.00
- Common name:
- Spider Flower
- Regional name:
- Marathi - Cleome
- Category:
- Flowering Pot Plants, Shrubs
- Family:
- Capparidaceae
- Light:
- Sun growing, Semi shade
- Water:
- Normal, Can tolerate more
- Primarily grown for:
- Flowers
- Flowering season:
- Year-around flowering
- Flower or Inflorescence color:
- Various colored flowers available viz., Purple, Light Pink, White, Dark Pink, Lilac or mauve
- Foliage color:
- Green
- Plant Height or length:
- 1 to 2 meters
- Plant Spread or Width:
- 50 cms to 100 cms
- Plant Form:
- Upright or Erect
- Special Character:
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- Fragrant flowers or leaves
- Good for Cut flowers
- Good for screening
- Good for Hedges and Borders
- Attracts butterflies
- Attracts bees
- Suitable for road median planting
- Generally available in India in quantities of:
- Over hundreds
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Plant Description:
- - From Southern South America in Agrentina & Brazil.
- New hybrids are dwarf and multi branching.
- Annual plant growing height 100 to 120 cms
- Spirally arranged palmately compound leaves.
- Showy spider like flowers open early in the morning. They stay fresh for a very long time in cool and humid weather. In hot and dry weather they dry out quickly.
- Is an annual. Bloom continues for 3 to 4 months.
- Grows best in the monsoons and winter. Will grow well in areas with cool summers. -
Growing tips:
- - Does well in soils with neutral or acidic pH
- Requires well drained soils
- If planting in beds plant at a distance of 25 x 25 cms.
- Giving one pinch at 6 to 8 leaf stage will ensure multiple branching.
- Cleome is relatively disease free. Whatch out for the occasional caterpillar.
- A large amount of seed can be collected and kept for use later.