{"id":2972,"date":"2013-08-24T13:19:47","date_gmt":"2013-08-24T20:19:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2972"},"modified":"2014-09-18T03:40:48","modified_gmt":"2014-09-18T10:40:48","slug":"lewisia-becomming-trendy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/lewisia-becomming-trendy\/","title":{"rendered":"Lewisia  Trendy, Bright and Breezy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What is not to like about Lewisia? Not a lot in my view but I like brash colours.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/lewisia-becomming-trendy\/attachment\/lewisia-cotylodion\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2973\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2973\" title=\"lewisia-cotylodion\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/lewisia-cotylodion.jpg\" alt=\"lewisia-cotylodion\" width=\"500\" height=\"417\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lewisia are very showy plants that are currently popular as availability and resiliance increases. This is a Lewisia cotyledon which makes a rosette of flat fleshy leaves and sprays of flowers from white through to reds and mauves.<\/p>\n<h3>Tips for Growing Lewisia<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Whilst Lewisia are perennial plants are very susceptible to winter wet rot. Over winter under glass if needs be.<\/li>\n<li>As Lewisia are very low growing it is common to grow in pots or containers so the flowers can be seen.<\/li>\n<li>The clump forming Ashwood Strain is recommended as a particularly good mix producing large semi-double flowers in a wide range of colours.<\/li>\n<li>With judicious deadheading Lewisia will bloom from April to the end of September, particularly if kept in an alpine house or cold greenhouse.<\/li>\n<li>In an Alpine garden surround the base of the plant with rock chips to prevent rot. Lewisias prefer sites with abundant spring moisture followed by a dry, cool summer.<\/li>\n<li>Other species to try include Lewisia; Pygmea, Rediviva, Brachycalyx, or hybrids Heckneri or Phyllellia<!--[endif]--> Obtain plants<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pottertons.co.uk\/pott\/view_product.php?pid=662\"> from<\/a> various nurseries or your local garden centre.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>read also G T&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/alpine-rockery\/lewisia-growing-tips\/\">growing tips<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0881924474\/richardpettin-21\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.amazon.com\/images\/P\/0881924474.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg\" alt=\"Book Cover\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is not to like about Lewisia? Not a lot in my view but I like brash colours. Lewisia are very showy plants that are currently popular as availability and resiliance increases. This is a Lewisia cotyledon which makes a rosette of flat fleshy leaves and sprays of flowers from white through to reds and mauves. Tips for Growing Lewisia Whilst Lewisia are perennial plants are very susceptible to winter wet rot. Over winter under glass if needs be. As&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/lewisia-becomming-trendy\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-flowers","category-house-greenhouse-plants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2972"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2972\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21426,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2972\/revisions\/21426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}