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Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Annual
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Plant Height: 3-6 feet
Plant Spread: 1-2 feet
Leaves: Fragrant
Fruit: Dehiscent
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Lavender
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Fall
Late fall or early winter
Uses: Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Birds
Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Miscellaneous: With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth

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Common names
  • Spider Flower
  • Grandfather's Whiskers
  • Spider Legs
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Tarenaya houtteana
  • Synonym: Cleome hassleriana
  • Synonym: Tarenaya hassleriana

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Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2010-06-23
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2011-10-26

Courtesy Outsidepride
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Location: My front yard
Date: 2011-10-11
Location: Dearborn Heights, MI
Date: 8-2010
My yard, zone 6

 Photo Courtesy of Select Seeds. Used with permission.
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Location: Indiana  Zone 5
Date: 2012-07-26
Location: Indiana  Zone 5
Date: 2012-07-26
Location: Indiana  Zone 5
Date: 2012-07-26

Photo Courtesy of Select Seeds. Used with permission.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Dearborn Heights, MI
Date: 8-2010
My yard, zone 6
Location: Dearborn Heights, MI
Date: 8-2010
My yard, zone 6
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b.
Date: 2010-07-29
Used here as a bright spot of color in the veggie patch. Remove p
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Comments:
  • Posted by DaylilySLP (Dearborn Hts, MI - Zone 6b) on Apr 20, 2019 5:12 PM concerning plant:
    I live in zone 6.
    When I plant these, they come back from seed the next spring.
  • Posted by gardengus (Indiana Zone 5b) on Jul 26, 2012 6:13 AM concerning plant:
    This is a tall beauty in my garden that freely self sows. Seedlings are easy to recognize and the leaves have a distinctive odor when disturbed.
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