Is Spider Flower deer resistant?
Cleome sp.
Plant typeAnnualHardinessGrown as an annual, any zoneLightFull sun
MaintenanceLow, mostly leave it alone
About Spider Flower
Tall airy annual with long projecting stamens, flowering until frost. The stems carry small spines and the foliage is pungent, which together keep deer off it.
Soil and care
- Soil pH
- 6 to 7
- Drainage
- Well drained
- Water
- Low
- Spacing
- 18 to 24 in apart
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Maintenance
- Low
Similar to Spider Flower
Other annuals with the same deer rating.
- AgeratumAgeratum houstonianumGrown as an annual, any zoneRarely damaged
- Angel's TrumpetBrugmansia sp.Grown as an annual, any zoneRarely damaged
- AnisePimpinella anisumGrown as an annual, any zoneRarely damaged
- Annual VincaCatharanthus roseusGrown as an annual, any zoneRarely damaged
- Dusty MillerCentaurea cinerariaGrown as an annual, any zoneRarely damaged
- False CamomileMatricaria sp.Grown as an annual, any zoneRarely damaged
Where Spider Flower grows
Hardy across most of these 51 states on zone range alone. Mountain and coastal areas sit outside the ranges used here, so check your own zone before ordering.
- Pennsylvania
- New Jersey
- New York
- Connecticut
- Massachusetts
- Virginia
- Maryland
- Michigan
- Wisconsin
- Ohio
- Indiana
- Illinois
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- North Carolina
- Tennessee
- Georgia
- Texas
- Colorado
- California
- Oregon
- Washington
- New Hampshire
- Vermont
- Maine
- Rhode Island
- Delaware
- West Virginia
- Kentucky
- South Carolina
- Florida
- Alabama
- Mississippi
- Louisiana
- Arkansas
- Oklahoma
- Kansas
- Nebraska
- Iowa
- North Dakota
- South Dakota
- Montana
- Wyoming
- Idaho
- Utah
- Nevada
- Arizona
- New Mexico
- Alaska
- District of Columbia
- Hawaii
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Hardy in these zones
Common questions about Spider Flower
- Is Spider Flower deer resistant?
- Spider Flower (Cleome sp.) is rated Rarely Damaged on the Rutgers NJAES four-tier scale. Deer almost always leave this alone.
- What hardiness zones does Spider Flower grow in?
- Spider Flower is hardy in USDA zones 2 to 11. Outside that range it will either not survive winter or will struggle with summer heat. That is the range across the genus, so a named species or cultivar may be narrower.
- Does Spider Flower grow in shade?
- No. Spider Flower wants full sun and will grow thin and flop in shade.