Primula 2015

[Giles]

Primula sieboldii in the garden.
The white one is 'Snowdrop', the other a seedling.

[Giles]

Primula sieboldii in the greenhouse.
Japanese cvs.

[Giles]

'Ginger Spice'  (Border Auricula).

[Hoy]

No names - but they are still going strong on my shed roof!

[Chris Johnson]

Wow - some shed. 

[Lewis Potter]

This one I brought on the cheap from eBay. But was not expecting this, what a cracker!!

Primula chionantha subsp. sinopurpurea

[Maggi Young]

Very nice one, Lewis. Smells good too, eh?

[Lewis Potter]

Very nice one, Lewis. Smells good too, eh?

Yep, I had to go check though.

[Maggi Young]

Yep, I had to go check though.

 

[olegKon]

European alpine primulas are flowering here.
1.2. Primula marginata (different to my delight)
3. Primula hirsuta
4. I got it as "Primula cottia from Austria" but to my knowledge P. cottia is from Italy. Can it be primula villosa?

[David Nicholson]

Nice to see Spring has reached Moscow Oleg. Primula cotti seems to be a problem for taxonomists though. Some think of it as a species in it's own right, others that it is a sub species of P. hirsuta and yet others that it is synonymous with P.villosa. It's a lovely little plant.

[olegKon]

Thank you, David. Whatever it is, I like it a lot. And it is different from other primulas of the group.

[johnstephen29]

I bought P. Scotica backend of last year and it is now flowering, only one flower so far, but it's a lovely little thing. Also in flower is P.tschuktschorum(thanks for the right spelling maggi)  which I got at the same time. Both these are new to me so I hope I am growing them ok.

image by John Stephen Lavin, on Flickr

image by John Stephen Lavin, on Flickr

[Maggi Young]

Very close, JS!  Primula tschuktschorum - it's a killer name, isn't it?
This paper may be interesting:     

http://aknhp.uaa.alaska.edu/big-files/Botany/Publications/2006/Natural_Threats_to_Primula_tschuktschorum.pdf

[johnstephen29]

It's a bit of a tongue twister name for sure  thanks for the link.