Cleome Spider Flower Plant – Cleome hassleriana Annual for Pollinator Gardens

Cleome Spider Flower Overview

Cleome Spider Flower (Cleome hassleriana) is an annual flowering plant prized for its tall stems and delicate, airy blooms that resemble spider legs. This plant is a popular choice for garden beds and borders, offering an extended blooming season that attracts pollinators such as bees and butterflies. Its vertical growth habit adds dimension and interest to outdoor garden spaces.

Key Features

• Annual flowering plant with distinctive airy, spidery blooms
• Ideal for garden beds and borders
• Attracts pollinators including bees and butterflies
• Thrives in full sun and well-drained soil
• Supplied as a young starter plug plant approximately 1 inch in size

Growing Information

Cleome Spider Flower grows best in full sun with well-drained soil. It requires moderate watering to maintain healthy growth throughout the season. This plant is suitable for USDA zones 2 through 11 when grown as an annual. Its continuous blooming habit provides color and pollinator activity from early summer through fall, making it a valuable addition to pollinator-friendly and mixed planting gardens.

Plant Condition Disclosure

Live plants may be shipped dormant, leafless, recently pruned, bare root, or partially defoliated depending on season, weather, and shipping requirements.

Natural variation in size, branching, foliage density, color, root structure, and overall appearance should be expected.

Important Note

You will receive a live starter plant (seedling/young plant). Listing photos show the plant at a mature stage for reference only. The actual plant size, shape, and appearance may vary and will be significantly smaller than the images shown.

Customer Notice for Live Plants

Live plants may experience normal shipping stress such as leaf loss, yellowing, wilting, or minor branch damage.

Please consider local weather before purchasing. Extreme heat, freezing temperatures, severe weather, shipping delays, or unattended packages may increase plant stress.

Due to the perishable nature of live plants, returns are generally not accepted. If there is an issue with your order, please contact us within 48 hours of delivery and provide the required photos for review.

• Photos of the shipping box
• Photo of the shipping label
• Clear photos of the plant from multiple angles
• Scratch test photos if the plant appears dead or dormant

Dormant, stressed, defoliated, wilted, or transit-shocked plants are not automatically considered dead.

Claims submitted without the required photos or more than 48 hours after delivery may not be eligible for review, replacement, or refund.