Rocky Mountain Bee Plant

SKU: FL3816
Sow some Rocky Mountain Bee Plant seeds around the edge of your organic vegetable garden for dramatically improved pollination. This native of BC (and the Rockies southward) is highly attractive to bees, and has been used by First Nations people as a food, medicine, and dye plant. Read More

Exposure Full-sun or very light shade

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Attracts Pollinators
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Cleome serrulata seeds Rocky Mountain Bee Plant

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Cleome serrulata. Sow some Rocky Mountain Bee Plant seeds around the edge of your organic vegetable garden for dramatically improved pollination. This native of BC (and the Rockies southward) is highly attractive to bees, and has been used by First Nations people as a food, medicine, and dye plant. The seeds can be eaten raw or cooked. This is a wonderfully architectural, tall Cleome has large flower clusters from purple to pink to white. This elegant annual grows to a height of 150cm (60"). Rocky Mountain Bee Plant blooms from July to August, and will die back at first frost.

Annual

Quick Facts:

    • Grows to 150cm (60")
    • Improves garden pollination
    • Native to BC and Rockies

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All About Rocky Mountain Bee Plant

Latin

Latin
Cleome hassleriana, C. serrulata, and many others
Family: Cleomaceae

Difficulty

Difficulty
Easy

Season & Zone

Season & Zone
Exposure: Full sun or very light shade

Timing

Timing
Start indoors fromΒ 6-8 weeks prior to the last frost dateΒ for transplanting (or simply direct sow) 3-4 weeks after last frost.Β If direct sowing, consider repeating every two weeks into early summer for a longer bloom period.Β Seeds will sprout in 10-14 days.

Starting

Starting
Sow on the surface of the soil. If starting indoors, seeds benefit from vernalization: Place seeds on the surface of moistened, sterilized seed starting mix in pots, and place pots in zip-top plastic bags inside the refrigerator for 2 weeks. Then move pots to bottom heat and maintain soil temperature at 21-25Β°C (70-75Β°F) until germination. Provide bright light.

Growing

Growing
Cleome is quite an undemanding annual. The stems are usually very strong and upright, but might benefit from support in very windy, exposed gardens.

How to Grow Cleome

Step 1

Timing

Start indoors fromΒ 6-8 weeks prior to the last frost dateΒ for transplanting (or simply direct sow) 3-4 weeks after last frost.Β If direct sowing, consider repeating every two weeks into early summer for a longer bloom period.Β Seeds will sprout in 10-14 days.

Step 2

Starting

Sow on the surface of the soil. If starting indoors, seeds benefit from vernalization: Place seeds on the surface of moistened, sterilized seed starting mix in pots, and place pots in zip-top plastic bags inside the refrigerator for 2 weeks. Then move pots to bottom heat and maintain soil temperature at 21-25Β°C (70-75Β°F) until germination. Provide bright light.

Step 3

Growing

Cleome is quite an undemanding annual. The stems are usually very strong and upright, but might benefit from support in very windy, exposed gardens.

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