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Cool plant
« on: September 08, 2009, 08:13:10 PM »
 @O@ I have seen them from a ways off but never took the time to stop and have a closer look. Wild cleome! Or Rocky Mountain Bee Plant. AWESOME Plant. I did not have my camera along so no pics. You can google it and have a look. OH YA! I rustled some seeds while I was checkin them out. hehehehehehe :victory:
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Re: Cool plant
« Reply #1 on: September 15, 2009, 01:30:00 PM »
I have been growing cleome for several years now - not the same kind I guess, but still cleome.  I just wanted to forwarn you to only plant that where you don't mind zillions of babies popping up forever more!  I have tried to deadhead my plants each year to keep them from spreading like weeds, but each year I get numerous volunteers anyway.

That said... I really don't mind it too much because I can recognize the baby plants early enough to weed them out before they become a nuisance.  They really do make a beautiful statement, and the best thing is that the deer and woodchucks do not eat them!  Some say the flowers smell like skunks!  They also have very thorny stems - be careful!
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Re: Cool plant
« Reply #2 on: September 21, 2009, 07:31:00 AM »
I can see they would. These plants do not have any thorns! very smooth stem and branches only half the seed are viable as they are black the rest stay white for some reason birds eat many of the seeds. These stay pretty tame they like to grow in drifts in low areas where rain water tends to collect. I have never seen a cleome with thorns?
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Re: Cool plant
« Reply #3 on: September 21, 2009, 09:23:54 AM »
I really need a pic. Does not sound like cleome to me.  :-\
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Re: Cool plant
« Reply #4 on: September 21, 2009, 06:20:37 PM »
This is my cleome this summer - DEFINITELY has thorns all over the stems!






I did google Rocky Mountain Bee Plant and found that it is also called Cleome serrulata.  I haven't been able to find out if it has thorns or not online, but the more common variety most definitely does.

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Re: Cool plant
« Reply #5 on: September 21, 2009, 09:43:40 PM »
This is a wild west [wild variety of cleome] here is a link for you to look at. These are not Tamed! They grow wild here as does the white prickly poppy.
http://images.google.com/images?q=rocky+mountain+bee+plant&oe=utf-8&rls=o
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Re: Cool plant
« Reply #6 on: September 29, 2009, 08:20:05 PM »
 O0 Here is another shot of this wild cleome.
http://www.wildflowerinformation.org/Wildflower.asp?ID=51
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