Growing cleome

The exotic plant cleome appeared in our area from South America. In Western Europe, cleome is also called spider plant.

In its homeland, cleome is a perennial plant, but in our climate, cleome can only be grown as an annual plant, since the flower does not tolerate cold weather.

Growing cleome on a summer cottage does not pose any particular problems. The main thing is to follow some rules.

The plant can be grown in two ways - seeds and seedlings. The most common method is to grow cleome from seeds. It is best to sow seeds directly into the ground after the end of frost, around the end of April. However, with this method, cleome will bloom much later.

To get early flowering of this exotic flower, it is best to sow seedlings around mid-March. In this case, the planting depth should be about one centimeter. To create greenhouse conditions, it is recommended to cover the crops with film or glass.

Cleome seeds they take a very long time to germinate, sometimes you have to wait about three weeks. Therefore, to speed up this process, the seeds can be soaked in a special growth stimulator. Watering should be carried out moderately, since cleome does not tolerate stagnation of water, but is quite resistant to drought.

Cleome refers to light-loving And thermophilic plants, so the place for growing it should be open and sunny. Since cleome can reach the size of a shrub, when planting you should follow the distance between plants is about one meter.

An unusual flower will decorate any summer cottage.