How much sunlight does my Rainbow Lewisia need?

Rainbow Lewisia may have difficulty thriving and will drop leaves 🍃 without ample sunlight. Place it less than 3 feet from a window to maximize the potential for growth. Select your region to see how the current weather in your area affects the placement in your home 🏡.

What is the growth pattern for Rainbow Lewisia?

Rainbow Lewisia grows vertically and new growth will emerge from the top of the plant.

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Rainbow Lewisia

Q: How often should I water my Rainbow Lewisia?

Rainbow Lewisia prefers for the soil to dry out between waterings and should be watered regularly . Use our water calculator to personalize watering recommendations to your environment or download Greg for more advanced recommendations for all of your plants.

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Blooms easily

Browns easily

Also known as

Cliff Maids, Cliff Maids and Lewisia

Taxonomy

Scientific name

Lewisia cotyledon

Genus

Lewisia

Family

Montiaceae

Order

Caryophyllales

How to care for Rainbow Lewisia

Water

How often to water your Rainbow Lewisia

Rainbow Lewisia needs 0.5 cups of water every 9 when it doesn’t get direct sunlight and is potted in a 5" pot.

Use our water calculator to personalize watering recommendations to your environment or download Greg for more advanced recommendations for all of your plants.

Water 0.5 cups every
9

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Light

Check the growing potential in your area

A plant's growing potential is determined from its location, the time of year, and current local weather.

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Finding light for Cliff Maids in your home

Light needs and placement for plant Rainbow Lewisia: 3ft from a window

Rainbow Lewisia may have difficulty thriving, and will drop leaves 🍃, without ample sunlight.

Place it less than 3 feet from a south-facing window to maximize the potential for growth.

Select your region to see how the current weather in your area affects the placement of Rainbow Lewisia in your home 🏡.

Nutrients

How to fertilize Rainbow Lewisia

Nutrient, fertilizer, and repotting needs for Rainbow Lewisia: repot after 2X growth

Most potting soils come with ample nutrients which plants use to produce new growth.

By the time your plant has depleted the nutrients in its soil it’s likely grown enough to need a larger pot anyway.

To replenish this plant's nutrients, repot your Rainbow Lewisia after it doubles in size or once a year—whichever comes first.

FAQs

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Toxicity

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Care Summary for Rainbow Lewisia

Rainbow Lewisia

Greg recommends:

Water

0.5 cups every 9 days

Placement

< 3ft from a window

Nutrients

Repot after 2x growth

Based on the 4” pot your plant is in, and that it doesn’t get direct sunlight.

What other plant parents say

Blooms easily 1

Browns easily 1

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11/25/2021

just got mine and i already love her so much, they’re just the right size to keep in your room and they have such cute flowers :) the yellow ones are my favorite but there’s many other types from what i saw at the store, the two toned ones are really cool too

Blooms easily