Re: OT: Cleome, was spider plants
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- Subject: Re: OT: Cleome, was spider plants
- From: G* S* <g*@swbell.net>
- Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1998 23:05:47 -0500
From: Glenn Simmons <glsimmon@swbell.net>
Jan Clark wrote:
> From: "Jan Clark" <janclarx@hotmail.com>
>
> That would be the same delicate little plant, that I try and grow from
> seedlings each year. Makes about 2-3" high if the frost doesn't kill it.
> Flowers and flowers, with lovely soft pinks, whites and mauves.
> Occasionally drops a couple of seeds which grow the following year
> .....if the frost doesn't get them.............sigh!
> Perhaps I should try hybridising capeweed and onion weed. They love it
> here, and who knows, I might produce something worth growing after 50 or
> so generations.
> Jan Clark, in Australia
I love the cleome plant but it does get a little taller here than 2 or 3
inches!
As for your hybridizing idea, don't know what capeweed is but I'm always
looking for new onions if they are sweet ones! :)
Glenn
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Glenn & Linda Simmons
Springfield, Southwest Missouri, USDA Zone 6
g*@swbell.net
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