This is Cleome. Sometimes called Spider Flower. It's an old fashioned plant and it's hard to find here. I was lucky and found some seeds this year. I'll save my own seeds next year because I may never see them here again. If you can get the seeds where you live, give them a try. They're really easy to grow. Just plant them in a sunny spot. They grow like weeds and get tall. In the day time, they don't look like much, but, in the evening when it gets cooler, they perk up and look striking and unusual. They make a great backdrop for shorter plants.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Cleome
This is Cleome. Sometimes called Spider Flower. It's an old fashioned plant and it's hard to find here. I was lucky and found some seeds this year. I'll save my own seeds next year because I may never see them here again. If you can get the seeds where you live, give them a try. They're really easy to grow. Just plant them in a sunny spot. They grow like weeds and get tall. In the day time, they don't look like much, but, in the evening when it gets cooler, they perk up and look striking and unusual. They make a great backdrop for shorter plants.
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We grew these for the first time last year. Kinda funny - I had no idea that they'd get SO TALL - they were like lilies on crack.
Pretty, tho, and easy to grow.
They do okay as a cut flower in bougets for the house, until they fade and drop all those spidery petals and stamens all over the place.
Note:
bouquets, NOT bouGets!
Sorry.
I have grown these before. I think I will do those and some nice four o` clocks in the front of the porch.
Four O clocks are another old fashioned plant that's often forgotten these days. It's a shame so many old garden staples are lost today.
I grew cleome a few years ago...they were really easy and a great filler for the back of the flower bed.
My favorite old fashioned flowers are wallflowers. Rusty colored petals, but ummmm...they smell just like baby powder. I loved to walk past them.
My mom grew these in her community garden a year or two ago. They got huge.
The old-fashioned flowers are my favorites. Sweet peas, sweet williams, four o'clocks, pincushion flowers, columbines, etc.
I think these are so pretty. Tell me, what do you mean about saving your seeds?
I have been growing four o clocks for 12 years now. i found the seeds. they were cheap and they grew easily. they actually do not show their true beauty until in the afternoon. oh i love pin cushion flowers. icelandic poppies were another favorite i would grow from seed. i think they are a biennial.
ah....i have seen these before!!! i need to curtail my flower growing though to what i already have....i can't in good conscience plant more flowers with pan's deathly bee allergy!
Oh, no! Poor Pan. I'm sorry to hear about the allergy. Somehow I never thought of dogs developing allergies to stings, etc.
i never thought that either til she almost died....it was about 6 months after i got her and we walked past a bee's nest and she got stung on her nose, no big deal right? WRONG....she almost died due to swelling....i got her to the vet just in time....her feet were 4 times their normal size, her throat was swelling shut and she looked like a shar pei she was so swollen all over her body....just ONE STING....she had hundreds of hives all over her...
when it is bee season (starting soon) i have to give her 2 benadryl in the morning and 2 at night and i have a epi-pen for her now.....
love these- they grow like weeds in philadelphia- one of the nicer weeds, like morning glories and petunias, which seem to be coming out of the cracks in the pavement. So excited for the growing season!
To NancyB...saving seeds is really fun. Some flowers like Bachlor Buttons and Marigolds will grow true year to year, and some will be a little different than the parent plant.
To save seeds, just leave the plant alone by not deadheading the flowers and eventually the seeds form and dry...that's when you collect them. I store them in a cool dry place in labeled paper envelopes till it's time to plant again!
Kathi Bevans,
Thanks so much! I never knew about this. It does sound like fun and I will be giving it a try this summer.
Love the pics, Pat.
Miss Tia's right. Every dog owner should keep Benadryl around the house for their pups in the event of a sting or allergy. Ask the vet the proper dose for your pup's size in an emergency and get some on board while you are on your way to the vet.
Beth
Tia, I have a bee allegy too. I keep hypos in the fridge..but, I mostly garden in the evening. Bees go to bed early.
I save all my seeds. All of them are harvested differently. Once you start watching your plants, you'll know. There are a few plants that don't grow well from seed, or take to long to mature from seed, but, most of them make plenty of seed.
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