| Description | Sparkler Spider Flower (Cleome hassleriana) A hybrid Cleome that stays shorter with larger flowers. Very easy to grow. These are hardy annuals. |
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| Pronunciation | (klee-OH-me)(hass-ler-AN-a) |
| Plant Type | Annuals, Site author's observations |
| Sunlight | full, tolerates some shade |
| Moisture | average, grows very fast in moist well drained sites |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Temperature | tolerates heat and cool tempeatures |
| Flowers | single flowers borne on a indeterminate raceme, bloom in succession from the bottom to top of the flower stalk, has 3-4" long protruding stamens creating the spider-like effect, colors are white, pink, rose and lavender. |
| Fruit | seeds produced in a narrow pointed seed pod on narrow stems |
| Leaves | palmately compound clammy (sticky) leaves, spines at base of leaves, produces a thick woody-like stalk |
| Stems | thick woody-like stalk |
| Roots | fibrous |
| Dimensions | 3-4 feet tall, busy |
| Maintenance | need a saw or lopping shears to cut the thick stalk in the fall |
| Propagation | seeds, or dig out volunteer seedlings that pop up in the garden, if the plant is a hybrid seedling may revert back to species colors |
| Misc Facts | Named after a Swiss plant collector Emile Hassler (1861-1937). |
| Notes & Reference | #40-Herbaceous Ornamental Plants (Steven Stills), #109-Annuals and Tender Perennials for North American Gardens (Wayne Winterroud), #145-Plant Lives (Sue Eland) web site |
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