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Lewisia Elise Mixed (Mix) in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Lewisia cotyledon 'Elise Mixed' (Mix)

 

Lewisia 'Elise Mixed' (Mix)

Masses of starry flowers in a range of colours, adorn slender stems above rosettes of fleshy leaves. 'Elise Mixed' flowers in its first year, making a bright and attractive annual bedding plant. They repeat flower throughout summer, ideal for beds, borders, containers and rock gardens. Lewisia is also perfectly happy with cooler temperatures and will overwinter with protection from wet weather. Height: 25cm. Spread: 30cm.

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plant Features
  • Lewisia Elise Mixed (Mix) likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Lewisia Elise Mixed (Mix) likes very little water

    Very little water

  • Lewisia Elise Mixed (Mix) is frost hardy: 23f (-5°c)

    Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)

  • Lewisia Elise Mixed (Mix) likes light and free draining

    Light and free draining

 
plant information

Common name

Lewisia 'Elise Mixed' (Mix)

Latin name

Lewisia cotyledon 'Elise Mixed' (Mix)

type

Alpine perennial

family

Montiaceae

ph

5.0 - 7.0 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Lewisia Elise Mixed (Mix) likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Frost

    Lewisia Elise Mixed (Mix) is frost hardy: 23f (-5°c)

    Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)

  • Soil

    Lewisia Elise Mixed (Mix) likes light and free draining

    Light and free draining

  • Water

    Lewisia Elise Mixed (Mix) likes very little water

    Very little water

Plant & bloom calendar

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    Best time to plant
  •  
    When the plant will bloom

full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Lewisia Elise Mixed (Mix) is 0.30meters x 0.25meters 0.30 M 0.25 M

Lewisia cotyledon 'Elise Mixed' (Mix)

Masses of starry flowers in a range of colours, adorn slender stems above rosettes of fleshy leaves. 'Elise Mixed' flowers in its first year, making a bright and attractive annual bedding plant. They repeat flower throughout summer, ideal for beds, borders, containers and rock gardens. Lewisia is also perfectly happy with cooler temperatures and will overwinter with protection from wet weather. Height: 25cm. Spread: 30cm.


Planting

From Early Spring TO Early Spring

Plant Lewisia in early spring. Outdoors, set them in a well drained sunny position in rich soil containing plenty of gravel. The essential requirement for growing Lewisia is free-draining soil

 

Flowering Season

From Late Spring TO Early Summer

The flowers, which are funnel-shaped, 1.5-2.5cm in width, appear in open sprays on stems about 20 cms. in late Spring to early Summer.

 
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