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Cleome - garden revival
* Red Dahlia *
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Just seen a stunning looking flower on the garden revival programme called a cleome. After a quick look they seem to be very tall 3-4 ft. So does anyone know of shorter varieties. What are opinions, are they worth growing???
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I've grown them for two years running and they were around 3ft high, great long lasting flowers but mind the spikes!
I grew cleomes last year.... The plants were huge, 5ft maybe? They smelt a bit minty too... they also look a lot like cannabis plants, which worried us at first. I wouldn't grow them again, the cabbage whites loved them, and stripped all the plants of leaves, the caterpillars then moved on to other plants in the garden. They were a nice experiment, but not for me!
Spikes, cabbage whites, oooh I'm not sure now then!!!
nice light Sussex anniemarshy, my farther loves his!!
They are on my list to try this year - i will watch out for the spikes
They are beautiful, i grew them last year, dont sow the seeds too early, i found April was the best time, unless you have a heated propagator, even then, they cant be planted out until its warm out. They do come originally from warmer climes, very rewarding though. I could not have cut them for a vase like Rachel did!
I have saved the seeds from them for this year and they are twice the size of the ones i bought. They yeild thousands of seeds.Hoping for an even better show this year
Are they all tall??? Any shorter types!?
Thanks the hens were on borrowed time, but they started laying Christmas Day so they are safe!
Dads have done the same, moult then tonic and just started again, they are 4 now so many people would have given up!!!!
I saw the Garden Revival last night. Loved to grow cleomes this year. Put off now with the comment that cabbage whites loved them!! I had a problem with the caterpillars eating the leaves of my roases last year!!!
Ditto fluffy. Love butterflies etc but my garden needs to stay pest free not attract them. Anyone out there know pest free varieties???