Scottish Rock Garden Club Forum
Specific Families and Genera => Primula => Topic started by: ChrisB on April 11, 2016, 01:33:39 PM
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A few pips that have flowered already. Bit early this year for me
Angel Eyes
Hinton Fields
Lord Sey en Sele
Midnight
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Very nice Chris.
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Chris
I hope you are able to attend some of the auricula shows. I went to the Scottish Show last year and was bowled over - great exhibits, trade stands and club information tables (plus great catering and good banter) - alas, I'll miss it this year.
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Lovely, Chris. All Primula in their various forms are lovely. The 'Hinton Field's cutting you sent me should be in flower now. I'll have to check tomorrow.
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There's an interesting article on Primula and auricula at the New England Primula Society exhibition over at Matt Mattus' blog (http://www.growingwithplants.com/2016/05/rarely-seen-blooms-at-annual-primrose.html), including a very nice portrait of our own Ian The Christie Kind.
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Lovely, Matt. I've got Sword, but mine looks a bit different, I'll have to post a picture, will take one in the morning.
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The more I collect, the more I love the auriculas. I prefer the single blooms, but 'Sword' is certainly eye-catching as a curisosity. Will be interested to see how your form differs, Chris.
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Here is my A. Sword. (First two pics) And a pic of it in Allan Guests recent book The Auricula for comparison. Mine shows little if any farina whereas the Mattus photo shows quite a bit.
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A few more from the theatre this morning
Spring Sonnet
Hinton Fields (for comparison)
x Blue Wave (bred by David Nicholson - Dave please correct if I'm wrong)
Merlin - note there is one double on pip, rest are single but this is shown when googled too
Florence Brown
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I am a pushover for an auricula with a dark velvety colour!
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I'll save you a bit of David's then Maggi, it's as good as any yellow centred alpine I've ever seen....
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Thanks! :-*
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............................x Blue Wave (bred by David Nicholson - Dave please correct if I'm wrong).............................
Not guilty me Lord (Lady). It's been available for years but has never been particularly popular maybe because it sort of hovers between being described as a x pubescens or a border auricula. But I like it and have distributed it faily widely
Look after it Chris, I'm down to one plant :(
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Here is my A. Sword. (First two pics) And a pic of it in Allan Guests recent book The Auricula for comparison. Mine shows little if any farina whereas the Mattus photo shows quite a bit.
I suspect the Mattus plant may be 'Fiddlers Green', which does have farina and perhaps slightly more of that burgundy tone in the flowers than 'Sword'.
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I don't have Fiddlers Green Matt, but from googled pics it looks likely.
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I think these are 'Old Mustard'?
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Looks very much likely.
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Some auriculas that have been planted out in the garden for the past 5 yrs or so.
They do a lot better for me this way, and I've not lost a single one.
No problems with either vine weevil or root aphids.
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Any Auricula experts out there?
Is this one sufficiently different to be worth giving a name to and propagating. Seed parent Exhibition Blue, open pollinated.
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Eric, the mechanism the National Auricula and Primula Society has to guard against the duplication of names and the naming of inferior plants seems to me to be a good one. Plants are entered in Shows as 'Seedling' and those the judges think are worthy of a winners card the grower is invited to name the plant. If you have a local Auricula grower I'm sure they would be prepared to give you an opinion on your plant.
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Nearest one that I know of is in Telford. But the show is in Solihull, the week after the AGS one. Would love to go, but could not manage both.
Ah well, will leave it just for my pleasure.