Description
Peach coloured flowers.
Perfect for the alpine garden or container these long leafed, fully hardy and free flowering varieties are a delight. The long foliage allows for drainage to occur even in the wettest of seasons so perfect for the average gardener that sometimes struggles with other forms.
Flowers: Spring-summer
Hardiness: Hardy
Height: 15cm
Spread: 20cm
Common Name: Truckee lewisia
Life Cycle: perennial
Family: Montiaceae
Foliage: lanceolate
Basic Colour: ( yellow )
Flower Colour: yellow
Natural Flowering: April – July
Winter Hardiness: Fully Hardy
Height with Flowers: 10cm
Soil Requirements: average / moist / dry / well-drained / sandy
Soil ph: acidic / neutral
Location: container / cottage garden / border / rock garden
Usage: ornamental / bee food plant / attracts butterflies
Pruning: cut old flowers back to encourage more
Tolerates: drought tolerant / salt tolerant / deer resistance / rabbit resistance
Origin: California
Elaine Allsop (verified owner) –
wil look good in container
Anonymous (verified owner) –
arrived in excellent condition
Helen (verified owner) –
Ilona M. (verified owner) –
Margaret Clarke (verified owner) –
Robert D. (verified owner) –
Phakamon Tunsiri (verified owner) –
Beautiful but no flower yet.
John Sporle (verified owner) –
Pat Waterhouse (verified owner) –
All the plants arrived in perfect condition. This was my second purchase and I can highly recommend the prompt and excellent service.
Susan Kirkup (verified owner) –
Nalini L. (verified owner) –
Pauline F. (verified owner) –
Josephine (verified owner) –
Carole C. (verified owner) –
Duncan (verified owner) –
Exactly as above. You should look into getting purpose made containers for transporting plants to avoid such sad looking specimens. The big firms like Thomson & Morgan have such systems.