Primula June

[Blue-bellied Frog]

In 2005, I received seeds from a Botanical Garden (I will not say witch one) suppose to be Cortusa matthioli var. congesta, abd C. matt. var yesonensis.
I now have those flowers. Someone told me it was P. auriculas.
I'm still waiting to find seeds of Cortusas, but am not angry.
Bernard



Edit: I have made this a new page for the month of June!  Maggi

[Blue-bellied Frog]

La suite.

[Lesley Cox]

Some interesting auriculas there, worth a little hand pollinating but how could ANYONE, let alone a botanic garden, mistake these for Cortusa??? Maybe not angry Bernard but totally bemused I should think!

[Magnar]

Took these pics today

Primula strumosa


Primula rusbyi

[Blue-bellied Frog]

Two P. auriculas and P. veris

[David Nicholson]

Takes me back to our Spring, thank you Bernard.

[Linda_Foulis]

I popped into the SRGC forum to see if I could identify my 'Cortusa matthioli'.  I don't grow Primula's but that's what it is, isn't it?

[Maggi Young]

Hello, Linda, nice to hearfrom you!
 Your plant is a Primula sieboldii form 

[Linda_Foulis]

Thank you Maggi. 

[Blue-bellied Frog]

I think these are the last for this year.
David, my spring is finished since 4 days. 30 °C in the shade today.

Primula auricula
 Primula mistassinica

[Magnar]

Primula palmata flowering for the first time in my garden:

[Giles]

Dear Bernard,
I'm pleased to see you've posted pictures of  P.mistassinica.
I've just got back today from your wonderful Canada (its SO big!) and was delighted to see great swathes of
P.mistassinica at 'Singing Sands' / Dorcas Bay on the shore of Lake Huron. It was at its peak!
It was weird seeing things which we covet here in the UK such as Trilliums growing in such abundance.
But guess we don't have the mosquitoes and blackflies (!)
I'll try posting some pics when I'm more organised
Giles

[Lesley Cox]

I have a good batch of nursery plants which I grew from SRGC seed 2006/7. I have them as Primula monroi ssp.   yargongensis and though now in winter mode, they looked, when they flowered, like a larger version of P. scotica or around the size of P. farinosa and they are clumping a little in their pots. Fair enough but they are nothing like what I used to have (from Jack Drake's seed I think) as P. yargongensis and which I was hoping to replace. It had taller stems - to about 30cms if I remember - and a much larger flower in lovely lavender shades, paler or deeper. While I like the current plant (below) I'd like the other as well. Any suggestions as to what it could have been? I don't have Richards' book unfortunately.

This isn't a good picture, and I should have removed the small cress. Didn't even notice it at the time.

[Blue-bellied Frog]

Gilles,
Even if  Primula mistassinica and P. laurentiana are growing in Québec, I had to sow seeds to see them.


Bernard

[Giles]

Here they are, (resizing wasn't as complicated as I thought it might be!)
1. Primula mistassinica
2. P.m 'en masse'
3. Habitat -shore/mire on edge of Lake Huron 2 weeks ago.