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Lewisia Little Plum in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Lewisia 'Little Plum' (Little Series)

 

Lewisia 'Little Plum'

Original:Plum-pink coloured flowers on short stems above evergreen rosettes of narrow fleshy leaves. New:Lewisias form a dense rosette of mid-green fleshy leaves. The flowers have many petals, and are in a range of colours, on 8" stems. The main requirement to grow these alpine plants is good drainage. 'Little Plum' has plum-coloured flowers

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plant Features
  • Lewisia Little Plum likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Lewisia Little Plum likes very little water

    Very little water

  • Lewisia Little Plum is frost hardy: 23f (-5°c)

    Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)

  • Lewisia Little Plum likes light and free draining

    Light and free draining

 
plant information

Common name

Lewisia 'Little Plum'

Latin name

Lewisia 'Little Plum' (Little Series)

type

Alpine perennial

family

Montiaceae

ph

5.0 - 7.0 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Lewisia Little Plum likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Frost

    Lewisia Little Plum is frost hardy: 23f (-5°c)

    Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)

  • Soil

    Lewisia Little Plum likes light and free draining

    Light and free draining

  • Water

    Lewisia Little Plum likes very little water

    Very little water

Plant & bloom calendar

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    Best time to plant
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    When the plant will bloom

full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Lewisia Little Plum is 0.10meters x 0.25meters 0.10 M 0.25 M

Lewisia 'Little Plum' (Little Series)

Original:Plum-pink coloured flowers on short stems above evergreen rosettes of narrow fleshy leaves. New:Lewisias form a dense rosette of mid-green fleshy leaves. The flowers have many petals, and are in a range of colours, on 8" stems. The main requirement to grow these alpine plants is good drainage. 'Little Plum' has plum-coloured flowers


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.

 

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

 
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