Cleome Seeds – Queen

Bring dramatic color and height to your garden with Cleome Queen Series Seeds, a popular variety known for its tall, airy flower clusters and long blooming period. Cleome, often admired for its unique, spider-like blossoms, adds striking vertical interest to borders, cottage gardens, and pollinator spaces. The Queen Series is valued for its vibrant colors, vigorous growth, and ability to thrive in warm, sunny locations with minimal care.

This fast-growing annual attracts bees, butterflies, and beneficial insects, making it both a beautiful and functional addition to any home garden.

Features

• Produces vibrant, airy flower clusters

• Queen Series known for strong, vigorous performance

• Excellent for borders, cottage gardens, and pollinator gardens

• Attracts bees, butterflies, and other beneficial insects

• Low-maintenance annual with long blooming season

Specifications

• Common Name: Cleome

• Botanical Name: Cleome hassleriana

• Series: Queen Series

• Bloom Season: Summer to Early Fall (June–September)

• Planting Season: Spring

  • Zones 3–4: Start indoors April; transplant late May–June

  • Zones 5–6: Direct sow May–June

  • Zones 7–8: Direct sow April

  • Zones 9–10: Direct sow February–March

• Hardiness Zones: Grown as an annual in Zones 3–10

• Sunlight: Full sun

• Soil Requirement: Well-drained, average soil

• Germination Time: 10–21 days

• Plant Height: 36–60 inches

• Growth Habit: Upright, branching annual