Lewisia (Lewisia cotyledon) — perennial plant.
Lewisia (Lewisia cotyledon) – perennial plant. Lewisia has succulent rosettes and vivid spring flowers; a rockery jewel that needs excellent drainage.
Benefits
- Comes back year after year
- Hardy, easy to maintain
Seasonal care
- Spring: Start of the growing season: apply a suitable fertiliser and provide sun or partial shade.
- Summer: Water moderately.
- Autumn: Autumn is a good time for planting; gradually reduce watering.
- Winter: Frost-hardy – overwinters outdoors. Prune in late winter if needed.
Specifications
- Botanical name: Lewisia cotyledon
- Botanical family: Montiaceae
- Life cycle: Perennial
- Foliage: Deciduous
- Exposure: Sun / partial shade
- Placement: Outdoors
- Growth rate: Medium
- Minimum temperature: -15 °C
- Drought resistance: Medium
- Mature height: 15-20 cm
- Mature width: 30-50 cm
- Flowering period: Summer
- Flower colour: Pink / orange
- Fragrance: Subtle
- Soil: Very free-draining, stony
- pH: 6,0-7,5
- Watering: Moderate
- Fertilising: Spring
- Pruning: Autumn / spring
- Mulching: Recommended
- Product code: 4017168
- EAN code: 6420384017168
Warnings
- Takes a few years to establish
- Prune in autumn or spring
Frequently asked questions
Does it survive winter outdoors?
Yes, it is frost-hardy and overwinters outdoors without problems in Romania.
What exposure and watering does it prefer?
Sun / partial shade; moderate watering. Lewisia has succulent rosettes and vivid spring flowers; a rockery jewel that needs excellent drainage.
When does it flower?
Flowering period: summer.
