Lewisia 'Safira Tropic Pink'

Lewisia 'Safira Tropic Pink' is a compact little charmer with the colour dial turned firmly towards joyful. From a low rosette of fleshy green leaves, branching stems rise in late spring and early summer, carrying pink flowers edged in white with a soft, glowing centre. The effect is fresh, sugary and sunlit, rather like a raspberry ripple served in a very elegant dish. Despite its dainty scale, Lewisia 'Safira Tropic Pink' has real presence, bringing bright detail to alpine beds, rockeries, gravel gardens and the front of sunny borders.

Give Lewisia 'Safira Tropic Pink' sharply drained soil and a sheltered, sunny position, and it will reward you with neat foliage and a cheerful flush of bloom just when the garden is gathering pace. As with many cliff maids, it is especially happy in pots, troughs or raised beds where drainage can be kept satisfyingly crisp. Try Lewisia 'Safira Tropic Pink' among stones, thyme, saxifrages or other compact alpines for a natural, mountain-garden feel. Pretty but not precious, Lewisia cotyledon 'Safira Tropic Pink' is ideal for adding polished colour to small spaces.