Lewisia - Who loves this plant?
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Comments (2)Interested in your Lewisia. Also Hemerocallis Joan Senior and Geranium Johnson's Blue. I have Blue Hepatica (given to me by elderly woman who did not know name of plant. Also primroses that have multiple crowns and outbloom most primroses, and seem to spread by a rhizdome, color is lavander or light purple, and Japanese anemone, white, tall. For your seeds of cordyalis lutea, I have heurchea seeds, no name, as the plant was on discount and no tag....See MoreLewisia
Comments (5)I grew a couple for several years in a spot that was partly shaded, and they did okay, not spectacular. After about four years they just didn't come back. They might have been choked out by some sedums that grew a little rampant in that area. I can't offer any advice, though - i plunked them in there and they grew for a few years without much care from me. Maybe they would have lasted longer had i paid more attention to them, poor things. :)...See MoreCouldn't resist the showy bloom! Lewisia cotylendon
Comments (6)ilikemud, My intent is not necessarily to grow things in pots, it's just that often I don't get around to putting them in the ground. I bought my lewisias intending to make hypertufa troughs for them and for the sedums I love so much. Unfortunately that has not happened yet. Instead, I stumbled across some nice bonsai pots (low and flat, about 2 inches tall) that some person with more money than sense was throwing out in Buckhead, and planted those up with the lewisia and sedums. I used a really sandy and pebbly mix, with (as I recall) only a third or so of actual soil. These pots are still sitting in my driveway, which is a located on a pretty steep slope on the west side of my house and thus gets lots of hot afternoon sun. I guess because of the size and shape of the pots, the soil/sand mixture, the slope and the sun, the pots have perfect drainage and that probably explains why my lewisias are still alive. Sometimes a little neglect is a good thing, I suppose. If I had built the deep troughs and transplanted as planned, the lewisias would probably be dead now!...See MoreLooking for Candy Lily and Elise Lewisia seeds- have others to trade
Comments (0)Hi! I'm looking to try some candy lily seeds this year- I see old posts about these plants putting out lots of seeds and folks who have the, offering seeds for trade, but those were posts from a coupke of years ago. I'd also like to try some Elise Lewisia from seed. I have seeds to offer as trade, or SASE works if I don't have anything you want. I have seeds to offer: - pink echinacea (was in my yard when I bought it- very hardy, may be tenessensis variety or maybe just a standard pink?) - white swan echinacea - groundcover sedum: possibly fulda glow - a bit of dragon's blood sedum groundcover - some cardinal climber - a few seeds of different types of morning glory - general (common) edibles like lettuces, herbs Thank you!...See Morebill_ri_z6b
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