How Long Do Cleome Bloom. New hybrids have eliminated this problem. The blooms start at the base of the plant and move upward.
Spider Flowers have long strong stems. The Queen series seed have a better germination rate if they are chilled for 4 to 5 days prior to planting. Cleome looks best planted and growing in mass along the back of your flower garden.
Cleome will bloom 70 to 80 days after germination.
In USDA zones 10 and 11 it is perennial. 12062013 Cleome Seedlingabout 7 weeks old. Cleome plants are native to South America with 19 species. Spider Flower is a frost-tender perennial usually grown as an annual with open terminal clusters of 4-petaled lavender-pink flowers with fascinating long stamens that protrude out giving them a spider-like look.