Primula 2014

[Michael J Campbell]

A few more hybrid seedlings.

[David Nicholson]

Smashing Michael. I liked the last one best.

[Mark Griffiths]

I like the middle one best, like allionii Marjorie Wooster without the reflexing petals.

[Philip Walker]

P.'Broadwell Milkmaid'
P.marginata 'Kesselrings Variety'

[David Nicholson]

Philip, do you find Broadwell Milkmaid a bit 'miffy'. Mine always seem die before I can get them to fill a 4" pot.

[Philip Walker]

This is my 2nd year flowering with this one David and so far so good.I'm hoping to be able to get this and my others to the sort of size that you can see on here and at the shows.Then who knows?Novice class entries at Harlow and Kent shows.

[ChrisB]

David just when I thought my Broadwell Milkmaid was getting to a decent size for showing it collapsed on me.  Had to recover as many bits as I could and pot them.   Now I've got a pot the size of Philips' flowering well again.  I try to be vigilant during the winter when they're dormant but must have failed with that one.  It got mould from dead foliage under the canopy I think. Horrid job getting them out but I have to.  Leaves are so sticky...

[Caroline Stone]

Primula 'Pridhamsleigh' in flower in my garden now. I hope the photo has attached! This is the primrose saved from the widening of the A38 through Devon in the late 1960s; known by the locals as the Ashburton Primrose. It is mentioned in the book "The Magic Tree" published by the NCCPG, and subsequent mentions of it copy the detail that it starts often with single flowers before reverting to doubles. My plants came from the widow of the Ashburton postman who was originally responsible for distributing it. She says her plants have never had single flowers, and mine have yet to show any.
There are a number of other doubles that were found in the wild. If anyone knows of the whereabouts of 'Elizabeth Dickey' which originated in Northern Ireland I would love to hear from you.

[Maggi Young]

Hello and welcome, Caroline!
It is heart-warming to hear of folks managing to keep such "old" treasures growing.  This sort of conservation is something that, luckily, is often found among rock garden and alpine plants people - long may it continue. I think that because so many of "our" type of plants have never been widely available  that we are more aware than some of the need to propagate and conserve plants such as these old varieties in cultivation.

[Pauli]

Primula kitaibeliana

[ebbie]

-Primula allionii ‘Broadwell Pink’
-Primula allionii seedling
-Primula x  allionii ‘Wharfedale Ling’

[Mike Ireland]

This is Primula Lindum Gecko, photographed at a friends garden a couple of days ago.
Not seen this particular Lindum hybrid before, absolutely stunning.
Need to find one of these.

[Maggi Young]

This is Primula Lindum Gecko, photographed at a friends garden a couple of days ago.
Not seen this particular Lindum hybrid before, absolutely stunning.
Need to find one of these.

All these primulas are  pretty - but  'Lindum Gecko' is particularly attractive.  Don't think I 've seen it before - it's not among these :
http://www.auriculaandprimula.org.uk/galleries/european_primula_hybrids.html


 ....but I found a photo here from 2008:
http://www.auriculaandprimula.org.uk/loughborough2008/plants.html - where the colour is not showing so well as in Mike's photo.


It seems the "Lindum" breeders Mr and Mrs (Dreena) Thomson have sold their hybrids previously at a stall at Loughborough.

[astragalus]

The Primula vulg. sibthorpii is a charmer and has the ability to go dormant in the garden when it gets dry.  Then it comes back in the spring and seeds reliably but sparingly.

[lettuce begin]

Picture taken at Wisley today,  Primula palinuri.