08 September - Queen Cleome

Here are two photographs of the queen cleome that has gone into bloom.

Almost three feet tall, it is supposed to double in size.

This is the healthiest of the half dozen or so I planted in the gardens. I started them from seed in six packs in the nursery, which was heavily overgrown with dahlias and sweet peas before I knew it. But even after I moved them down to the porch by the chairs, the seedlings floundered throughout the cold, foggy summer. At the end of August, when the sun and heat finally arrived in The City, these flowers took off.

I'll add photographs of the others once they've gone into bloom.