Propagation: the key to cleome...., 1 by andycdn

andycdn wrote:
I first had trouble germinating cleome under controlled conditions. I then read about how easily they self-seed, so I tried to mimic the spring conditions with high daytime and low night temps and sowed them in ProMix in plastic clamshell containers on my south-facing deck in April. They sprouted like crazy!

Some self-seeded the next year, but there wasn't enough time before the frost for most of the pods to ripen and split open.

They sure are worth growing... what an effect for a 250-foot hedge of pink cleome!