Gardening 101: Cliff Maids
Gardening 101: Cliff Maids
Cliff Maids, Lewisia cotyledon
Cliff Maids, Lewisia cotyledon
Meet my new plant crush, Lewisia. Because if I had known, then I would’ve been like, I love plants that are California native, like me.
Lewisia is native to rocky cliffs at high elevations.
Photograph by Dan.Kristiansen via Flickr.
Photograph by Dan.Kristiansen via Flickr.
It’s easy to overlook cliff maids at nurseries as they’re usually not in bloom in the small grow pots.
Photograph by Megan Hansen via Flickr.
Photograph by Megan Hansen via Flickr.
Hailing from Southern Oregon and Northern California, this sweet but hardy plant is named after the explorer Meriwether Lewis, who first discovered its close relative Lewisia redevia while on the famed Lewis and Clark Expedition.
Hailing from Southern Oregon and Northern California, this sweet but hardy plant is named after the explorer Meriwether Lewis, who first discovered its close relative Lewisia redevia while on the famed Lewis and Clark Expedition.
Photograph by Fabiana Vernero via Flickr.
Photograph by Fabiana Vernero via Flickr.
Lewisias are available in a range of colors.
Lewisias are available in a range of colors.
Cheat Sheet
Cheat Sheet
• So lovely and looking right at home in rock gardens, crevice gardens, green roofs, and containers.
• So lovely and looking right at home in rock gardens, crevice gardens, green roofs, and containers.
• Understandably attracts butterflies and other pollinators.
• Understandably attracts butterflies and other pollinators.
• Cut the flowers and add to tiny flower arrangements.
• Cut the flowers and add to tiny flower arrangements.
• Great companion plants include: Campanulas, Sedums, and fellow California native Dudleyas
A Lewisia cotyledon ‘Regenbogen’ growing in a Utah garden.
Photograph by Andrey Zharkikh via Flickr.
Photograph by Andrey Zharkikh via Flickr.
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