Cleome Flower Plant. Cleome is a genus of flowering plants in the family Cleomaceae commonly known as spider flowers spider plants spider weeds or bee plants. But cleome come into their own once they burst into flower.
Ad Find Deals on Products in Gardening Tools on Amazon. Cleome Helen Campbell is a particularly attractive variety which produces scented white flowers throughout summer. Previously it had been placed in the family Capparaceae until DNA studies found the Cleomaceae genera to be more closely related to the Brassicaceae than the Capparaceae.
Identification Cleomes produce upright stems bearing clusters of white pink or lavender flowers from midsummer until frost.
Spider Flower petals radiate from the centre forming a softball-sized cluster. Spider flower Cleome hassleriana sometimes referred to incorrectly as C. If pinched when about 6 inches tall each plant will branch out to produce a half dozen or more blooms. It makes an excellent cut flower.