Rocky mountain beeplant
Cleomella serrulata
USDA zones2 to 10
SunHandles full sun or full shade
WaterHandles dry to moist soil
Size2 to 5 feet tall12 to 24 inches wide
- Habit
- Herb
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn
- Bloom color
- White , purple
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
- Soil pH
- Alkaline (pH>7.2) , acidic (pH<6.8) , circumneutral (pH 6.8-7.2)
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
Rocky mountain beeplant (Cleomella serrulata) is an annual for borders, meadows, and low maintenance gardens. This plant likes full sun to full shade and dry to moist, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. Its purple or white flowers attract hummingbirds, bees, and birds. Mourning doves also eat the seeds. Deer tend to pass it by. Give it soil that drains well, because it does not tolerate soggy ground.
Pairs well with Basket flower, Red fescue, Sticky purple geranium, and Colorado blue spruce.
Native range
AZ, CA, CO, IA, and 25 more places. See all 29
AZ, CA, CO, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, MA, MI, MN, MO, MT, ND, NE, NM, NV, OH, OK, OR, SD, TX, UT, WA, WY; AB, BC, MB, ON, and SK.