Primula 2014

[ChrisB]

They look stunning Giles....

[David Nicholson]

Self sown primroses...  ..coming up everywhere...  ..and always doing better than the ones planted on purpose....

  Beautiful aren't they Giles. I like the blue one to the extreme left best. Looks as though it's worth propagating on.

[Giles]

David,
..the two I will be keeping....

[Giles]

An ordinary one

[Mark Griffiths]

I love the vulgaris ones, so simple, so beautiful.

Every year I lose bits off P.allionii forms or whole clones (looks like I've lost Viscountess Byng this year) and I wonder if it's really worth it. Then spring comes. This one is P.allionii Lacewing. Yes, they are worth it. Just wish I had more room so I'd take more cuttings.

[ChrisB]

Primula marginata 'Miss Fell'

[ChrisB]

Primula allionii 'Fairy Rose' KRW180/48

[ChrisB]

Primula allionii 'Eveline Burrow'

[Mark Griffiths]

lovely plants Chris, I especially like that marginata.

here's another allionii, "Marion"

[David Nicholson]

Nice stuff from you both Christine and Mark. Yes Mark, they are worth it

If either of you haven't seen it there is a listing of known forms of Primula allionii on the Web Site of the Northern Section of the National Auricula and Primula Society here  http://www.auriculas.org.uk/Allionii_Data.htm  It's probably a little out of date now as far as recent introductions are concerned but it's a valuable historical record.

[ChrisB]

Hi David
I didn't know about this register.  I do have the old edition of the AGS mag that had all the photos of primula flowers in mad I have sometimes used that.  My Fairy Rose isn't on that list nor is the suffix.  I got it long ago from Holden Clough and I forget the chaps name but he knew a lot about.

[ashley]

Your lovely 'Miss Fell' is set off very well by those pine cones Chris

[ChrisB]

Thank you Ashley.  I needed to support it and came up with the idea.

[David Nicholson]

Hi David
I didn't know about this register.  I do have the old edition of the AGS mag that had all the photos of primula flowers in mad I have sometimes used that.  My Fairy Rose isn't on that list nor is the suffix.  I got it long ago from Holden Clough and I forget the chaps name but he knew a lot about.

Chris, the listing is only of forms of the species. According to Richards 2002 'Fairy Rose', 'Joan Hughes' and 'Purple Emperor' (don't think I have ever seen the latter) are all allionii x P. 'Linda Pope'.

Correction to above made 17/03/14.

[Maggi Young]

  I got it long ago from Holden Clough and I forget the chaps name but he knew a lot about.

That would be  Peter Foley - his son runs the nursery now : http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=8588.0