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Specific Families and Genera => Primula => Topic started by: Menai on April 30, 2013, 10:58:23 PM

Title: Aberrant P. veris
Post by: Menai on April 30, 2013, 10:58:23 PM

This inflorescence appeared in a patch of otherwise quite normal P. veris. Is this uncommon and might it have been caused by cold damage?
My primroses are flowering better than I have ever seen here, albeit a bit late.

Erle
Sunny Anglesey

Title: Re: Aberrant P. veris
Post by: mark smyth on May 03, 2013, 05:19:22 PM

I have something very similar in my garden. I think its a hybrid

Title: Re: Aberrant P. veris
Post by: Lori S. on May 03, 2013, 06:56:36 PM

Could it be fasciation?  The very thick, tall stem and enlarged inflorescence might suggest that?

Title: Re: Aberrant P. veris
Post by: Alan_b on May 03, 2013, 07:07:17 PM

I thought fasciation, but it's hard to tell for certain from the photograph.

Title: Re: Aberrant P. veris
Post by: mark smyth on May 04, 2013, 10:33:14 PM

Mine in 2010

Title: Re: Aberrant P. veris
Post by: Gail on May 05, 2013, 06:31:31 AM

Lots of wild cowslips round here (and some hybrids in the garden). The ones that have seeded themselves into the borders are often beefier, with more spherical heads, than those growing in grass, presumably just a response to less competition/greater availability of nutrients. Erle's looks much sturdier though.

Title: Re: Aberrant P. veris
Post by: Menai on May 07, 2013, 10:43:20 PM

Thank you everybody. I will see if it does it again next year.

Erle
Still sunny and warm