Re: Cleome transplants

I put in 3 6-packs last year, one each white queen, pink queen and rose
queen.  This year I have a phenomenal number of volunteers; they form small
forests, overwhelming other plants.  I've transplanted a couple of dozen
around my property, and given away a few dozen.  Left in place, many will
kill some perennials.  Some of the transplanted ones look quite happy;
others are quite small and seem stunted.  And still more seedlings are
appearing.   And one seedling, quite puny looking, is 1 foot tall and has a
miserable bloom attempt on it.    Many are blooming healthily at 24-30,"
much lower than the parents last year.

This year I bought a sixpack of Cleome 'Helen Campbell.'  
  
AS I recall, I had to do some staking last year.   

14" sounds quite reasonable based on my experience last year.

Yes, they do smell skunky.  But I put them in bouquets anyway; they are an
airy space-filler.  And the deer never bothered my cleome last year.
     


At 10:13 AM 07/09/1998 -0500, you wrote:
>Isabelle Hayes wrote:
>> 
>> I have been wondering whether to move cleome because I just read somewhere
>> that there should be 14 inches between these plants or their growth will be
>> retarded, and mine are quite a bit closer together;
>> 
>> I was debating whether the setback in their growth because of being moved
>> would be worse than leaving them too close together.
>> 
>> I was going to opt for leaving them; now I'm not so sure.
>> 
>> Isabelle Hayes
>> 
>> >And how many of you will move a plant over six inches just because it
>> >isn't set quite in the right place?!!!!
>> >
>> >
>> >Denise Leonard
>> >Tanstaafl Farm
>> >Greenfield, MA
>> >dal@shaysnet.com
>> >
> I moved mine also because they were too close together.
> Now the transplanted ones are really puny! Some are barely hanging on.
>But I moved them in the heat of summer into the sun. So that is a big
>factor to consider their survival.
> My one I left behind is about five feet tall. The ones I moved are
>abrely a foot and some are really no more than eight inches. I am hoping
>in the fall they will catch up, but do not expect the mirical to happen.
>I am glad I moved them away from the one plant because the beauty is
>worth it.
> Do you find the cleome an unpleasant smell? This is my first time
>growing it. I have heard it nicknamed Skunkweed, but it is also pretty.
> Rita
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Wyn Achenbaum
Stamford, CT, 10 miles from Long Island Sound
Zone 6

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