Primula 2016

[David Nicholson]

Graeme, is your first one 'Moonbeam'?

[Giles]

Primula sieboldii - carpet the earth with them.

[David Nicholson]

.... would that I had the conditions they like

[Maggi Young]

Me too, David!  My kind of carpet if I could.

[Leena]

Primula sieboldii - carpet the earth with them.

Lovely lovely.
I'm so happy that P.sieboldii is one of the primulas which thrives here, I lost most of my candelabra primulas last winter but none of sieboldii.

[Giles]

Thankyou, I'm glad you like them.

[Leena]

Primula sieboldii from Barnhaven seeds, these were grown from 'Manakoora', but all plants are different, some are white and I especially like the pale blueish flowers. All are very lovely.

[Tristan_He]

Primula flaccida, acquired from Kevock this spring.

[Tony Willis]

Primulas in  FYROM

[Gabriela]

Primulas in  FYROM

Always nice to see Primulas in the wild. The first one is farinosa?

[johnw]

Primula japonica doing well and seeding prolifically at a Halifax lurker friend's this morning.  This slope has lovely soil and the moisture seeps down to the bog beyond and eventually nicely filtered to the lake in the distance.  Theyseem to be loving this weather.

johnw - a blistering 11c and cloudy.

[Maggi Young]

Primula japonica doing well and seeding prolifically at a Halifax lurker friend's this morning.  This slope has lovely soil and the moisture seeps down to the bog beyond and eventually nicely filtered to the lake in the distance.  Theyseem to be loving this weather.

johnw - a blistering 11c and cloudy.

What a charming situation and so many happy primulas     

[Regelian]

Always a hit, P. vialli.  They do not live long with me.  I wonder, if this is normal, or my conditions do not suite it.  My soil is a bit alkali, a bit over pH 7.1

[Steve Garvie]

Primula flaccida

[MargaretB]

I wonder if any of you interested in pot-grown Primulas have started re-potting yet? I started today some three weeks later than I had intended to find quite heavy infestations of root aphids (mealy bugs). I did some 20 pots today with some half-dozen consigned to the bin that were too heavily infected to bother about resurrection. Of the others infected I treated them with cotton buds dipped in methylated spirits followed by the whole plants dunked in systemic insecticide. Time will tell if this has been successful.
 

Did the methylated spirit treatment work?  I have discovered root aphids on some of my pot grown auriculas but can't use any pesticides as the plants have been treated with the predator phytoseiulus which seem to be happily munching their way through the red spider mites.  Any suggestions appreciated, thank you.