Lewisia-2014

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10) Lewisia, Claytonia, Talinum and other Portulaceae

The new Lewisia season has begun, at least here in the UK. My first two:-

 

Lewisia tweedyi Lemon Form

and an orange/red form of L. cotyledon

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deesen (not verified)

Wed, 04/23/2014 - 11:46am

In a very dirty pot an apricot form of Lewisia tweedyi grown from seed quite a few years ago now. I love the hint of pink at the ends of the petals.

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deesen (not verified)

Fri, 04/25/2014 - 11:23am

A rather nice yellow form of Lewisia cotyledon grown from seed from **Ashwood Nursery** and sown October 2012. Also Lewisia congdonii which is tall and staggly and has very small flowers, all of which makes it difficult to photograph (well for me anyway!)

 

Ashwood Nursery is in the middle part of England (near Birmingham) and, amongst many other genus specialises in Lewisia. Their Web Site is well worth a look and for those who are not able to make use of the Nursery a longing as well.

http://www.ashwoodnurseries.com/

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deesen (not verified)

Fri, 04/25/2014 - 11:23am

A rather nice yellow form of Lewisia cotyledon grown from seed from **Ashwood Nursery** and sown October 2012. Also Lewisia congdonii which is tall and straggly and has very small flowers, all of which makes it difficult to photograph (well for me anyway!)

 

Ashwood Nursery is in the middle part of England (near Birmingham) and, amongst many other genus specialises in Lewisia. Their Web Site is well worth a look and for those who are not able to make use of the Nursery a longing as well.

http://www.ashwoodnurseries.com/

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Trond Hoy

Fri, 04/25/2014 - 11:12pm

You shouldn't tempt us (me) like this David, neither with the plants nor the nursery!

I did grow some Lewisias before but had to shut my eyes as I had no proper place or them.

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deesen (not verified)

Sat, 04/26/2014 - 1:24am

For some reason the Site would not load pictures last night so here are the remainder from my last post just to tempt you again Trond.

 

A close up of the yellow Lewisia cotyledon.

The flowers of Lewisia congdonii

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deesen (not verified)

Thu, 05/01/2014 - 12:29am

No pictures John?

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Peter George

Wed, 05/07/2014 - 3:46pm

I went into sunlight today for the first time in days, although it seems like months. I saw this Lewisia in bloom, and was really quite stunned. Pretty much everything else is behind, but here, the Lewisias are ahead.

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deesen (not verified)

Sun, 06/15/2014 - 2:04am

Two yellow Lewisia cotyledon forms grown from the same batch of seed. Seed obtained from Ashwood Nursery here in England.

A red L. cotyledon again from Ashwood seed

 

 

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Richard T. Rodich

Sun, 06/15/2014 - 6:12am

You always have such nice, fresh looking pics, David!

 

With all this extra rain, I've been getting a lot of some kind of leaf spot disease on my Lewisia cotyledon plants.

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deesen (not verified)

Sun, 06/15/2014 - 7:50am

Thanks Rick, I suppose it's helped by my growing them under glass. I sometimes get yellowish/brownish spots on the leaves of some of mine are yours like this?