Late last May on a hike to the back side of the hill my neighborhood sits on, I found the most intriguing little flowers (no leaves, just flowers) - a whole hill side of them. I dug up one root and transplanted it to my cactus garden. And never saw it again. But I put a rock over it to mark the spot.
Fast forward to February. A little rosette has popped out from under my rock. I asked my daughter to send me photos she took of the flowers. When I saw her flower photos, I had a light bulb moment.
The whole backside of this hill is covered with Lewisia rediviva! Yeah!
I grew up with Lewisia cotyledon in Northern California - they don't go dormant for 3/4 of the year. I have them growing in my cactus garden.
This first photo is one of the Lewisia cotyledon from my garden. They are mostly pink-peach but one is white.
This is Lewisia rediviva:
The rosette shows up in late winter for a couple months. Then as it goes dormant for the long hot summer, flowers (try to ignore the weed growing behind the flowers)
Look close, you can see them every foot or so.
