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lupinelover Grove City, OH(Zone 6a) Jul 14, 2003

I didn't see a few of them when I was weeding earlier in the spring, and now I know why. A few of my volunteers from last year's plants are very small.

Last year's plants were ones that I had selected to let live (picking color, stench, etc. as a basis).

This year, three of my cleome are so small! I have never seen them that tiny. The whole plant is under 10", and the blooms, including the "whiskers" are less than 1". The seedpods are also very tiny: just over 1" long.

I am going to save the seeds and see what happens next year... I just might be onto something!

I will try to get a good photo, but they are in a place that the lighting is just wrong from sunup to sundown...

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nathalyn Knoxville, TN(Zone 7a) Jul 14, 2003

My cleome are also small this year. Both my dwarf and regular size cleome are about half the normal size. I assume that it's the result of the cool wet spring and summer. However, since it turned hot about 2 weeks ago, they appear to be growing. I'll send some of our hot weather up your way.....Nat

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sbarr Albany (again), NY(Zone 5b) Jul 15, 2003

My cleomes are small this year, too - more like a foot tall than the usual 3-4 feet. A few of them are also where they shouldn't be! ;)

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NoH2O Everson, WA(Zone 8a) Jul 15, 2003

My cleomes are tiny this year - blooming at about a foot high when they usually are 3-4 ft or more. I am sure it is the cold wet spring and early summer we have had.

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golddog Western, PA(Zone 6a) Jul 16, 2003

Same here. Small, and mayby early for blooming?

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lupinelover Grove City, OH(Zone 6a) Jul 17, 2003

The leaves on mine are also very tiny. Same with everyone else's? I pulled off a pod while still unripe, the seeds seemed to be formed, but not yet done.

Odd that everyone's cleomes should be so small. I have had them for years, but never this tiny and blooming.

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