cotyledon rainbow succulent Lewisia cotyledon 'Rainbow Mix', Siskiyou Lewisia or Cliff Maids

cotyledon rainbow succulent Lewisia cotyledon 'Rainbow Mix', Siskiyou Lewisia or Cliff MaidsSouthwestern Oregon Lewisia blooms spring to fall in an array of all the colors of the sunset. 1 inch white edged flowers with waxy looking petals cluster above succulent, dark evergreen, ground hugging rosettes. Tap rooted to find its way between rock crevices, it will thrive in rocks or gravel, doing well also in sharply draining soil in a well draining pot. Make a mounded gravelly bed of summer long color, or plant in a crevice of a dry stacked

Southwestern Oregon Lewisia blooms spring to fall in an array of all the colors of the sunset. 1-inch white-edged flowers with waxy-looking petals cluster above succulent, dark evergreen, ground-hugging rosettes. Tap-rooted to find its way between rock crevices, it will thrive in rocks or gravel, doing well also in sharply-draining soil in a well-draining pot. Make a mounded gravelly bed of summer-long color, or plant in a crevice of a dry-stacked stone wall, make a crevice garden, or make a long-lasting, easy care gift in a tufa container. Winner of a Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden Merit. (Cliff Maids — could be a name for a women's rock-climbing club with Lewisia for a logo.) In the not-too-far-distant future, you'll have one-foot wide mounds with a looong-blooming, irrepressible floral display on six-inch stalks.

Perennial; mature size: 8 in. Tall x 12 in. Wide

Minimum temperature: -40° F