The color theme, orange,
burgundy, lavender, and yellow is stunning!
(shown with calendulas, celosia
plumosa, sunflower, and variegated cleome)
Royal Queen Mixed Colors (white, purple mist, cherry queen) -
Cleo-05-Mixed at $2.00/pack (You may request single color packs which we may
stock, depending on harvest outcomes.)
These plants are huge with feathery white blossoms. Some pink, purple, and
cherry varieties in the mix, too. Excellent as a background plant. Looks great behind the Supreme Variety Zinnias
Zen on a Stem.
Cleome is also known as "Spider Flower." Grows 4-6 feet tall!
Cross between Classic
White & Purple Mist Cleome
Royal
Cherry Queen -
(below left); Purple Mist (below right)
Classic Cleome, also called
"Spider Flower" - (white, purple, and pink varieties). Cleome makes an excellent backdrop
for our Supreme Variety ZinniasZen on a Stem
Annual that
readily reseeds
Likes full sun (6
hours) to part shade
Moist soil is
best
Likes it hot and
humid - 85 degrees F. /29 C. days and 65 degrees F./18 C. night temps
Pre-chill seeds @
40 degrees F./4 degrees C. for 5 days before sowing for best results
Two to three
weeks to germination and germination is typically uneven - be patient
and use caution when weeding, as the sprouts will grow underneath taller
weed plants!
100 seeds per
pack
Classic
White Cleome
paired with Supreme Zins!
Don't miss our Gift Wrap a Garden page!
Here we have combined our products into color themes (i.e., Blue Garden, Pastel
Garden), garden themes, and 3-D Garden Design to those inclined to just let us do the work and
the planning. Order a garden, a $25, $35, $50, or $75 value, and Van Dyke
Zinnias will gift wrap and send it to you or directly to the recipient! We will
select a garden for your gift recipient based on their climate/zone, or you may
choose to do this from our catalog of offers. For $4.95 more, let us
Design the Garden to add to your gift.
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learn how to make a stunning
bouquet, or how to collect precious seed when harvest is here. Let us know
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you visit us often to see our pretty pictures and read about the simple things
we love most here. Thanks for being a
customer! -Sharon Baller, President
"To see life's
passages through the eyes of your heart is to know that all is happening exactly
as it was meant to." -- Flavia Weedn