Plant Profile: Cleome 'INCLESPIMP'

Names

Senorita Blanca Improved, Spider Flower, White Cleome

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Phonetic Spelling:klay-OH

Genus:Cleome

Species:

Family:Cleomaceae

Senorita Blanca is a perennial that thrives effortlessly in well-drained soil, whether it's average or dry, and prefers full sunlight, although it can manage in light shade. This plant is notable for being thornless, seedless, and odorless, with non-sticky leaves.

Reaching heights of up to 4 feet, Senorita Blanca has delicate stems, making it ideal to pair with shorter flowering plants for added support. Its striking silvery-white blooms are abundant throughout the season. Since the flowers are sterile, there's no need for deadheading, except for aesthetic purposes. This variety is also heat and drought resistant, as well as deer-proof.

Incorporate Senorita Blanca into your landscape to provide vertical interest in garden beds or as a focal point in mixed containers.

Cleome 'INCLESPIMP' Feature Summary

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Tags

#full sun tolerant
#heat tolerant
#drought tolerant
#white flowers
#cut flowers
#low maintenance
#mass planting
#upright form
#deer resistant
#sterile
#long bloom time
#hybrids
#borders
#leggy
#humidity tolerant
#urban conditions tolerant
#bird friendly
#dry soils tolerant
#butterfly friendly
#container plants

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Cleome 'INCLESPIMP' Feature Summary

Attributes
Attracts birds and butterflies
Flowers
Silvery-white spider-like flowers in clusters bloom all season.
White
Gray/Silver
Showy
Long Bloom Season
Spring
Summer
Fall
4-5 petals/rays
< 1 inch
Whole Plant Traits
Cultural Conditions
Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)
Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)
Good Drainage
Clay
Loam (Silt)
Sand
Landscape
Cutting Garden
Cottage Garden
Border
Mass Planting
Accent
Drought
Deer
Heat
Pollution
Humidity
Rabbits
Dry Soil
Container
Meadow
Butterflies
Bees

Cleome 'INCLESPIMP' Attributes

Cleome 'INCLESPIMP': Country Or Region Of Origin

Hybrid

Cleome 'INCLESPIMP': Wildlife Value

Attracts birds and butterflies

Cleome 'INCLESPIMP': Life Cycle

Annual
Biennial
Bulb
Perennial
Woody

Cleome 'INCLESPIMP' Flowers

Cleome 'INCLESPIMP': Flower Description

Silvery-white spider-like flowers in clusters bloom all season.

Cleome 'INCLESPIMP': Flower Color

filter_vintage
Gray/Silver
filter_vintage
White

Cleome 'INCLESPIMP': Flower Inflorescence

Catkin
Corymb
Cyme
Head
Insignificant
Panicle
Raceme
Solitary
Spadix
Spike
Umbel

Cleome 'INCLESPIMP': Flower Value To Gardener

Edible
Fragrant
Good Cut
Good Dried
Long Bloom Season
Long-lasting
Showy

Cleome 'INCLESPIMP': Flower Bloom Time

Winter
Spring
Summer
Fall

Cleome 'INCLESPIMP': Flower Petals

2-3 rays/petals
4-5 petals/rays
6 petals/rays
7 - 20 petals/rays
asymmetrical petals
Bracts
Colored Sepals
fused petals
more than 20 petals/rays
Tepals

Cleome 'INCLESPIMP': Flower Size

1-3 inches
3-6 inches
< 1 inch
> 6 inches

Cleome 'INCLESPIMP' Whole Plant Traits

Cleome 'INCLESPIMP': Plant Type

Annual
Bulb
Carnivorous
Edible
Epiphyte
Fern
Ground Cover
Herb
Herbaceous Perennial
Houseplant
Mushroom
Native Plant
Ornamental Grasses and Sedges
Perennial
Poisonous
Rose
Shrub
Succulent
Tree
Turfgrass
Vegetable
Vine
Water Plant
Weed
Wildflower

Cleome 'INCLESPIMP': Habit/Form

Arching
Ascending
Broad
Cascading
Climbing
Clumping
Columnar
Conical
Creeping
Dense
Erect
Horizontal
Irregular
Mounding
Multi-stemmed
Multi-trunked
Open
Oval
Prostrate
Pyramidal
Rounded
Spreading
Vase
Weeping

Cleome 'INCLESPIMP': Growth Rate

Slow
Medium
Rapid

Cleome 'INCLESPIMP': Maintenance

Low
Medium
High

Cleome 'INCLESPIMP': Texture

Fine
Medium
Coarse

Cleome 'INCLESPIMP' Cultural Conditions

Cleome 'INCLESPIMP': Light

Dappled Sunlight (Shade through upper canopy all day)
Deep shade (Less than 2 hours to no direct sunlight)
Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)
Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)

Cleome 'INCLESPIMP': Soil Drainage

Frequent Standing Water
Good Drainage
Moist
Occasional Flooding
Occasionally Dry
Occasionally Wet
Very Dry

Cleome 'INCLESPIMP': Available Space To Plant

12 inches-3 feet
12-24 feet
24-60 feet
3 feet-6 feet
6-feet-12 feet
Less than 12 inches
more than 60 feet

Cleome 'INCLESPIMP': USDA Plant Hardiness Zone

thermostat
10a
thermostat
10b
thermostat
11a
thermostat
11b

Cleome 'INCLESPIMP': Soil Texture

Clay
High Organic Matter
Loam (Silt)
Sand
Shallow Rocky

Cleome 'INCLESPIMP' Leaves

Cleome 'INCLESPIMP': Leaf Color

spa
Green

Cleome 'INCLESPIMP': Hairs Present

No
Yes

Cleome 'INCLESPIMP' Stem

Cleome 'INCLESPIMP': Stem Color

grass
Brown/Copper

Cleome 'INCLESPIMP': Stem Is Aromatic

No
Yes

Cleome 'INCLESPIMP' Landscape

Cleome 'INCLESPIMP': Landscape Theme

Asian Garden
Butterfly Garden
Children's Garden
Cottage Garden
Cutting Garden
Drought Tolerant Garden
Edible Garden
English Garden
Fairy Garden
Garden for the Blind
Native Garden
Nighttime Garden
Pollinator Garden
Rain Garden
Rock Garden
Shade Garden
Water Garden
Winter Garden

Cleome 'INCLESPIMP': Design Feature

Accent
Barrier
Border
Flowering Tree
Foundation Planting
Hedge
Mass Planting
Screen/Privacy
Security
Shade Tree
Small groups
Small Tree
Specimen
Street Tree
Understory Tree

Cleome 'INCLESPIMP': Resistance To Challenges

Black Walnut
Compaction
Deer
Diseases
Drought
Dry Soil
Erosion
Fire
Foot Traffic
Heat
Heavy Shade
Humidity
Insect Pests
Pollution
Poor Soil
Rabbits
Salt
Slugs
Squirrels
Storm damage
Urban Conditions
Voles
Wet Soil
Wind

Cleome 'INCLESPIMP': Landscape Location

Coastal
Container
Hanging Baskets
Houseplants
Lawn
Meadow
Naturalized Area
Near Septic
Patio
Pond
Pool/Hardscape
Recreational Play Area
Riparian
Rock Wall
Slope/Bank
Small Space
Vertical Spaces
Walkways
Woodland

Cleome 'INCLESPIMP': Attracts

Bats
Bees
Butterflies
Frogs
Hummingbirds
Moths
Pollinators
Predatory Insects
Reptiles
Small Mammals
Songbirds
Specialized Bees