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Plant ID please

laarobbinslaarobbins Posts: 55
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Saw this yesterday at The Courts Garden in Wiltshire, any ideas?  Thanks 😀 

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  • laarobbinslaarobbins Posts: 55

  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    edited August 2023
    Cleome - Spider plant
    I grow them from seed and they can get up to about 7ft.






    Billericay - Essex

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  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    Cleome l think  :)

    https://www.gardenersworld.com/how-to/grow-plants/cleome-spider-flowers/
  • laarobbinslaarobbins Posts: 55
    Thabk you both so much!  Strangely I had bought some seeds this year. But not got around to planting.  They are beautiful.
  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    They're interesting plants that look very different to many border plants. Once they get underway they grow quickly.
    They do produce some quite severe thorns on the stems as they age.
    The 'perfume' is not dissimilar to that produced by cannabis! The leaves don't look dissimilar either. The leaves and stems are also covered in tiny sticky hairs - also reminiscent of cannabis..

    Billericay - Essex

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    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    Obviously something you are very familiar with, @Pete.8  :)
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  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    punkdoc said:
    Obviously something you are very familiar with, @Pete.8  :)
    Those were the days 😁

    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
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