The Lewisia rediviva plants seem so robust! And from wild seed.
In their natural habitat they grow in the most difficult situations. It is extremely hot during the summer, 40c daytime temperatures are common. It is also extremely dry with little or no rain from June to Mid-October. They grow in basically little or no soil, many times growing in the tiniest of cracks in the rock, which is often serpentine.
If the story is true, Lewisia rediviva was collected on the Lewis and Clark expedition. After who knows how long, a dried-up, dead-looking root arrived in the eastern U.S. It somehow started into growth and thus was named rediviva, as it seemingly came back to life.
Could Lewisia rediviva be short lived if the growing conditions are too lush? Too much moisture or too much plant food of any type, the growing conditions are too easy. Around here, this is the easiest way too kill them in cultivation. They seem to thrive on seemingly neglect, but they also grow like the wild plants being, in general, tiny plants with smallish flowers, maybe 1 to 3 per plant.
