RE: Surprise Lewisia sighting

I think that Bracey has given you the basic info...  I
would add that almost all locally available Lewisias
are more likely to appreciate alpine/rock garden
culture to keep them happy, excellent drainage and
cool root runs will keep them around for more than
just a season.  The varieties that Bracey describes do
very well as container plants at Annie's Annuals, I
have had less luck keeping them alive when planted out
in clay loam soils with not enough sun or good
drainage, where they act as annuals for me.  Most are
native to higher elevation parts of extreme northern
California up into British Columbia, so I wouldn't
expect them to have much heat tolerance in San Diego,
where they would most likely be best grown as a
container plant under bright shade cloth/lath house 
conditions to keep them somewhat cooler in summer. 
There are still a few blooming in 4 inch pots at
Annie's currently, but not nearly as much as they were
in May/June...
--- Bracey Tiede <tiede@pacbell.net> wrote:

> Hi Nan,
> 
> These two sound likes one we purchased in the last
> year.
> 
> The yellow one is called Lewisia cotyledon yellow
> and was purchased at Half
> Moon Bay Nursery in HMB. 
> 
> The pink one is called Lewisia longipetala Little
> Plum and is an Annie's
> Annual plant.  
> 
> Both are planted in a gravelly sandy rock garden in
> full sun and get a
> sprinkle now and then here in hot, dry San Jose. 
> They both bloomed
> beautifully this spring and I've read they will
> rebloom in September maybe.
> 
> I can send you photos for comparison if you like.
> 
> Cheers,
> Bracey
> San Jose
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nan Sterman
> [T*@PlantSoup.Com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 5:59 PM
> To: medit-plants@ucdavis.edu
> Subject: Surprise Lewisia sighting
> 
> I stopped at my local Trader Joe's this afternoon (a
> small, specialty 
> market chain mostly in California) and to my
> surprise, they were 
> selling pots of Lewisia!  In San Diego!  Lewisias
> are seldom seen in 
> this part of the state so I purchased three golden
> blooming ones and 
> three with apricot/pink colored blooms.
> 
> There is no species designation on the Lewisias so I
> am wondering 
> whether someone can help me ID them.  Rosettes have
> 4 - 5" long 
> leaves that are bright green and more lanceolate
> than the hybrid 
> called 'Magenta.'
> 
> Flowers on these little Lewisias are on stalks , 4 -
> 5" tall with 
> multiple blooms on each.
> 
> Can anyone tell me which Lewisias these are and how
> drought tolerant 
> I can expect them to be?
> 
> Thanks!
> -- 
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