This well-known species exists in many varieties, some with rather lurid colours. All have rosettes of fleshy leaves, and can in time form large mounds, from which many stems emerge, each with many flowers. They are best grown in a position where water cannot reside in the rosettes in winter.

Lewisia 'Little Plum' This is one of the Lewisia hybrids that is fine growing outside, much more resistant to wet on the roots and stem than many varieties. It has plum-coloured flowers - rather pale plums, I must admit - and gives a great display of flowers in late spring, wi