Life Span
Annual
Perennial
Type
Flowering Plants
Tree
Origin
South America, Argentina, Brazil
Eastern Asia
Types
Helen Campbell spider flower, Queen Series spider flower, Violet Queen spider flower
Ever red , Crimson queen
Number of Varieties
46
0
40000
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Habitat
vacant lots, wastelands, yards
Shady Edge
USDA Hardiness Zone
8-115-8
0
99
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AHS Heat Zone
12 - 1
8-2
Sunset Zone
1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24
A3, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
Habit
Upright/Erect
Arching/Fountain-shaped
Plant Size
Minimum Height
120.00 cm300.00 cm
0
3900
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Minimum Width
120.00 cm300.00 cm
0
6350
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Plant Color
Flower Color
White, Purple, Pink, Rose, Lavender
Red
Flower Color Modifier
Bicolor
Bicolor
Fruit Color
Green
Red, Green
Leaf Color in Spring
Green
Light Green, Lime Green
Leaf Color in Summer
Green
Green, Lime Green
Leaf Color in Fall
Green
Orange, Gold, Orange Red
Leaf Color in Winter
Light Green
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Shape
Leaf Shape
Lanceolate
Maple shaped
Thorns
✔
✘
✔
✘
Plant Season
Summer
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
Growing Conditions
Sunlight
Full Sun
Full Sun, Partial Sun, Partial shade
Growth Rate
Fast
Slow
Type of Soil
Sand
Clay, Loam, Sand
The pH of Soil
Acidic, Neutral
Acidic, Neutral
Soil Drainage
Well drained
Average
Bloom Time
Summer, Late Summer
Early Spring, Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer
Repeat Bloomer
✔
✘
✔
✘
Tolerances
Wet Site
Drought
Where to Plant?
Ground
Ground
How to Plant?
Seedlings
Transplanting
Plant Maintenance
Low
Medium
Watering Plants
Watering Requirements
Average Water Needs
Requires regular watering
In Summer
Lots of watering
Lots of watering
In Spring
Moderate
Moderate
In Winter
Average Water
Average Water
Soil
Soil pH
Acidic, Neutral
Acidic, Neutral
Soil Type
Sand
Clay, Loam, Sand
Soil Drainage Capacity
Well drained
Average
Sun Exposure
Full Sun
Full Sun, Partial Sun, Partial shade
Pruning
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
Fertilizers
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
Pests and Diseases
Red blotch
Red blotch
Plant Tolerance
Drought
Drought
Flowers
Showy
Insignificant
Flower Petal Number
Single
Single
Fruits
Showy Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Edible Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrance
Fragrant Flower
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Leaf
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Bark/Stem
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Foliage
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Bark
✔
✘
✔
✘
Foliage Texture
Medium
Fine
Foliage Sheen
Matte
Matte
Evergreen
✔
✘
✔
✘
Invasive
✔
✘
✔
✘
Self-Sowing
✔
✘
✔
✘
Attracts
Butterflies
Beetles
Allergy
Skin irritation
-
Uses
Aesthetic Uses
Borders
Beautification, Bonsai, Landscape Designing, Showy Purposes
Beauty Benefits
-
-
Edible Uses
✔
✘
✔
✘
Environmental Uses
Air purification
Air purification
Plant Benefits
Medicinal Uses
anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, antinociceptive
-
Part of Plant Used
Leaves
-
Other Uses
Used for bedding in gardens
-
Used As Indoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Used As Outdoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Garden Design
Foundation, Landscape
Container, Feature Plant, Hedges, Mixed Border, Topiary / Bonsai / Espalier
Botanical Name
CLEOME hassleriana
ACER palmatum 'Omurayama'
Common Name
Cleome, Pink Queen, Spider Flower
Japanese Maple, Weeping Japanese Maple
In Hindi
Pink Queen
Weeping Maple
In German
rosa Königin
Weeping Maple
In French
Reine rose
Maple pleureur
In Spanish
Reina de color rosa
weeping maple
In Greek
ροζ Βασίλισσα
weeping maple
In Portuguese
Rainha -de-rosa
chorando de bordo
In Polish
Różowa Królowa
płacz klonu
In Latin
Regina Pink
weeping maple
Kingdom
Plantae
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Angiosperms
Class
Magnoliopsida
Eudicotyledones
Order
Brassicales
Sapindales
Family
Cleomaceae
Aceraceae
Genus
Cleome
Acer
Clade
Angiosperms, Eudicots, Rosids
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Tribe
Cleomeae
-
Subfamily
-
-
Number of Species
1130
1
27800
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