Primula 2013

[Gert Hoek]

This Primula palinuri in a tufa wall in my garden wanted to flower early january, bus was cauhgt by the frost. I hope the flowerbud can stand the low temperaturs, we had minus 11C.

[Armin]

Gert,
thank you for showing such rarity from south of Italy.

I hope the flower bud will be not killed by black frost too and it will show its nice yellow flowers later.
Did you grow it from seed?

[Gert Hoek]

Gert,
thank you for showing such rarity from south of Italy.

I hope the flower bud will be not killed by black frost too and it will show its nice yellow flowers later.
Did you grow it from seed?

Hello Armin, Got is from a friend who raised it from wild coll seed.

[David Nicholson]

A little self sown hybrid Primrose I quite like. Primula wanda is not too far away so she was probably involved in this together with P. vulgaris. The plant is under Daphne bholua 'Jacqueline Postill' still producing blossom and scent inspite of the winds. A small clump of Galanthus 'Magnet' growing around the Primrose although it doesn't come out well on the picture.

[David Nicholson]

Does anyone grow Primula glutinosa? I've just got a small plant and in mary Robinson's  "Primulas" she says it hates lime. Can anyone prove or dis-prove please?

[peter hood]

In the wild, it is found absolutely exclusively on Lime free formations, David, so no Lime at all; In cultivation, I don't know of anyone who has had any real success in taming it.Whoever grew your small plant has done very well to do that.

[David Nicholson]

Thanks for that Peter. I bought the plant from Gerd Stopp in Germany, he grows some terrific stuff.

[hadacekf]

David, Primula glutinosa is one of the hardest primroses. Good luck

[David Nicholson]

Thank you Franz, it sound as if I shall I need luck, and lots of it.

[Lvandelft]

I wish you all the luck there is, David!
I've seen them many times in nature growing together with Rhodo. ferrugineum, Loiseleuria etc. and nearby Soldanella and Primula minima, but never seen it flower in culture. Here a scanned dia from many years ago:
Primula glutinosa

[David Nicholson]

Thanks for that Luit.

[sippa]

Flowering now in the greenhouse.  Primula megaseifolia grown from seed 2 years ago.  I almost lost it when I was away on a trip and had a kind person doing the watering.  Therefor the few leaves.

[mark smyth]

I was in Homebase just now to see if they have anything interesting. They have a good selection of unnamed hose in hose primroses. They are yellow and pink - different plants - and a lovely darkest brown. I bought the brown one. Very dull for photos today but I'll take one.

[mark smyth]

Unfortunately the camera doesn't show the true colour

[Mark Griffiths]

The Primula allioniis are coming out here now.

This is one that seems to be less common although it was popular in the past going by the number of references to it - hard to keep though, P.a. Viscountess Byng