Cleome - good news and bad news

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  1. PeterS

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    The good news is that Cleome is wonderful - I have never tried it before.

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    The bad news is that others agree - any ideas what these are. They do not appear to be on any other plant in the garden.

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  2. SteveW

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    Looks like the very hungry caterpillars of the large cabbage white butterfly
     
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    Thanks Steve You are right. Once you get a name you can look it up on Google. I should have thought of Cabbage White first, as they are the only butterflies I have seen this year. I was hopeing that it was going to turn into something beautiful and exotic! We all in hope.
     
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    Wow Pete those cleome are wonderful, I've grown them once from seed sent from Atlanta, prickly, but lovely flowers.
     
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