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Primula dec 2006

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Joakim B:
Dear all is has been such a long time and no one has posted so I will post a flowering primula, the normal type that is sold for 1/2 to 1 € in gardencenters. Here there is a constant losing battle aginst the slugs as caan be seen in the second picture.
That is an "indoor" version in Sweden but works outdoor in Portugal. It has hairy leafs and stems and is eaten by the slugs but it tries to survive anyway. Here it is together with a seedling of the cyclamen shown in "flowering dec 2006."
Hope there will be more pics even if it is just of comon ones.
The funny thing with these cardencenter ones is that they actuallty flower even in Sweden in decamber when nothing else is in flower. That is a bonus.

If someone knows the latin names it would be nice. I think the "garden primula" is vulgaris but I am not sure about the name and have no clue to the "indoor one".

Kind regards Joakim

mark smyth:
thanks for kick starting the page.

I have one very forward with buds. Lost label but I'm sure Lesley will have a positive ID. It's in a trough on the north side of the house where there is very poor light for a good photo

Joakim B:
Since I did not get any suggestions of what the primulas might be I tried to identify them myself.
I was right about the first one being primula vulgaris and I think the second one is primula obconica and mostly an indoor plant.
In portugal it survives outdoor if the slugs let it.

By the way I saw a lot of the primul vulgaris in the park and a few had flowers. Some seems to have a lot of primulaveris in them so that they have a stem rather than the flowers among the foliage. I think the hybrids are nicer than the normal vulgaris.

If I am wrong please correct me.

Kind regards
Joakim

mark smyth:
yes the first one is P. vulgaris. Your indoor one could be P. obconica a common gift around Mothers Day here in the UK

Here is my unknown Primula, bought with a label at the time, with extra refected light on it from a neighbours house

johanneshoeller:
We have a very warm winter in Austria this year. The last days the temperature was beetween -5°C in the morning and +8°C. And so some of my very tiny seedlings of this year have started to flower.
I show some photos of Primula auricula and clusiana with frost, one with clusiana seedlings from this year and an other seedling 2006 with a flower (hirsuta?). The well flowering Primula is a hybrid from my garden (allionii x ?).

Hans

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