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I tried this plant out this year...so far i do like it...was just wondering when I'd see seeds form.have had flowers finish off blooming but haven't seen anything resembleing seeeds show up.know what they look like though being growed from seed.was gave 5 seeds to try out2 did well one delayed shooting up the other two have been runty barely over a foot
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I don't think I've had a chance to say "welcome!" It seems like you are finding your way around, and I bet you've already noticed what a Great Group we have here!
Your Cleome will form seed pods on the stalk, beginning right below the flowers. Here's a picture that shows the seedpods, enlarge it to get a good idea of what they look like. Kinda like little pea pods... Cleome image
As the seed pods approach maturity, they will swell, and you'll actually be able to see the shape of the seeds inside. Once they get to this point, looking like they'll just explode, I pick them off and lay them on a flat surface to finish drying. As the pods dry, they will open, and you'll be able to collect the tiny black seeds. Store in a cool, dry, place, out of direct sun, and plant next spring. Some pods may also be left on the plant, the seeds will drop and come back next year. Be aware that each plant produces LOTS of seeds, if you want to control the number of plants that come up next year, keep those seedpods picked!
Mine get so big they lean out of the beds, and I have lots of volunteers in the lawn every year!
If you have any other questions, let me know.
Nikkal
Angels don't just come from Heaven, they come from North Houston Pole and Line Co.! Thanks, Texas!!!
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Thanks for the welcome and am finding way around& a nice bunch.do finally see them won't be keeping them in that spot cause will be still building house and tree is going that is there will be a bedroom or computer room there. so will be haveing a green house this year...wonder what the chances are of overwintering this plant?I did get impatients to make it this last year.
i tried seed of the queen series and think rain washed them into a pile and they don't really please me.i imagine they have re seeded in that pile too so guess best move is to dig whole spot and move and try something elses.had my zinnia do the wash thing too but have filled some of those spots in with zinnia now so not as bad looking. my sparkler is a pink does it come in white do ya think?I'd like white.if had white would know just the spot to plant them
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Yes, njoynit, there is a white cleome! Cleome hassleriana "Sparkler white" is part of the Sparkler series. Here's a pretty good pic - Cleome hassleriana
A search on Google for Cleome hassleriana will give you the names of suppliers.
The Queen series also contains a white, but you said you don't care for that series, I personally think the Sparkler series produces a much fuller flower.
Ooohhh, you're getting a greenhouse, too!? If all goes well, I'll be building one over Labor day weekend!
I don't know if it would be worth it to try to overwinter cleome in the g'house. Mine get pretty leggy by fall, so I don't know that it would be a very good-looking plant. With so many seedpods that you would have to constantly keep picked (or you'd end up with volunteers in pots of plants near it and/or it the floor if it's soil-based), it would be alot of work.
What _I_ would do in the g'hse is this: plant some of the collected seeds, grow off to the point of flowering (but before alot of pods are ripe), and then dispose of the plant. With staggered plantings, you could have cleome in bloom in the g'hse all the time.
Don't ya love impatiens! I have overwintered mine for the last 2 yrs by placing them in the crawlspace under my house. I leave the door open, but cover it with an insert I made from a wooden frame covered with translucent plastic. By spring they're pretty leggy, but when it's warm enough, I take them out, give 'em a trim, and they bounce back, bushy as can be, in no time!
Hope this info helps -
Nikkal
Angels don't just come from Heaven, they come from North Houston Pole and Line Co.! Thanks, Texas!!!
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I pick them off and lay them on a flat surface to finish drying. As the pods dry, they will open, and you'll be able to collect the tiny black seeds. Store in a cool, dry, place, out of direct sun, and plant next spring. Some pods may also be left on the plant, the seeds will drop and come back next year. Be aware that each plant produces LOTS of seeds, if you want to control the number of plants that come up next year, keep those seedpods picked! 
