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Maggi Young

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Re: Primulas- February
« Reply #30 on: February 22, 2009, 06:38:52 PM »
Quote from: Giles on February 22, 2009, 06:30:58 PM
Ooooh no....
.....its the snails that go over the fence into nextdoors garden ;D ;D(and you think I'm joking?)

 In my experience, it's a pity that the worst thing that goes over some fences  is a snail  :o ::) :P
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Re: Primulas- February
« Reply #31 on: February 22, 2009, 07:22:20 PM »
Evil Weevils ?? 8) 8) 8)
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Re: Primulas- February
« Reply #32 on: February 22, 2009, 07:25:10 PM »
Quote from: Giles on February 22, 2009, 07:22:20 PM
Evil Weevils ?? 8) 8) 8)
You got that in one!  ;D
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Re: Primulas- February
« Reply #33 on: February 22, 2009, 07:44:38 PM »
 ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Re: Primulas- February
« Reply #34 on: February 22, 2009, 09:15:27 PM »
Franz, is P. daonensis always white? I ask because what I have under that name is a deep pink. It was seed from Vlastimil Pilous (whom I believe has been in trouble lately, Turkish seed. ???) The foliage looks right on mine (like the pic above but tighter on my outdoor plants).
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Re: Primulas- February
« Reply #35 on: February 22, 2009, 09:52:04 PM »
Quote from: Giles on February 22, 2009, 06:30:58 PM
Ooooh no....
.....its the snails that go over the fence into nextdoors garden ;D ;D(and you think I'm joking?)

I just saw this and was totally unprepared, I had just taken a sip of  wine, you can imagine the rest!!  ::)

Still laughing whilst mopping!!
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Re: Primulas- February
« Reply #36 on: February 23, 2009, 05:10:52 AM »
Lesley, this is only a rare white daonensis.
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Re: Primulas- February
« Reply #37 on: February 23, 2009, 05:56:42 PM »
Lesley, I saw thousand pink P. daonensis, but never a white one.  :(
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Re: Primulas- February
« Reply #38 on: February 23, 2009, 07:40:00 PM »
Thank you gentlemen. Mine's OK then. :)

A fabulous parcel of seed arrived for me yesterday, 20 primulas, some very special indeed. 8)
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Re: Primulas- February
« Reply #39 on: February 23, 2009, 09:11:19 PM »
Here´s another P. daonensis ´Alba´. It showed up as a seedling in a batch with wild collected Saponaria pumilio....

The second picture is an unknown albino, also wild-collected. Does somebody know what this is? Hirsuta ´Alba´??



edit by Maggi: Martijn, I have edited your photos to a smaller size to let us see them more easily.
« Last Edit: February 23, 2009, 10:02:19 PM by Maggi Young »
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Re: Primulas- February
« Reply #40 on: February 23, 2009, 09:42:21 PM »
What a lucky "extra" Martijn. :) On my garden-collected Saponaria pumilio I get seedlings which are hybrids with other Saponaria species, but no white primulas. ;D
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Re: Primulas- February
« Reply #41 on: February 24, 2009, 05:32:12 PM »
Growing Saponaria pumilio and raising hybrids from it, is realy an achievement! Are they good hybrids like Saponaria ´Olivana´?

By the way, thank you Maggi, for adjusting the size, I am not very good with this... :-\
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Re: Primulas- February
« Reply #42 on: February 24, 2009, 05:40:25 PM »
Martijn,
I think it is a white flowering Primula hirsuta.
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Re: Primulas- February
« Reply #43 on: February 24, 2009, 07:09:50 PM »
Looking at the structure of the hairs on the leaves would be a good way to know for sure.
(cell number/gland structure).
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Re: Primulas- February
« Reply #44 on: February 24, 2009, 07:53:53 PM »
Martijn, I have a "thing" about Saponaria. I think the genus is badly under-rated and ignored by many people.

I have two very good hybrids, one from 'Olivana' itself, crossed with the small, 'Rubra Compacta' form of ocymoides. I have called it 'Gala Day' after my small nursery (Gala Plants, reflecting my Borders Scottish heritage.) A pic below, and one which is pumilio x lutea. I have no picture yet of this but will take one in our spring. It is very tight and small, ideal for a trough, and a peachy-pink colour. 'Gala Day' makes fertile seed and some of the babies are very good too.

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Saponaria 'Gala Day.' The colour is a little deeper, in reality.

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A seedling from 'Gala Day,' crossed by S. pumilio. Again, very tight and compact, a good trough plant. In fact, looking more closely at the third picture, I think there are two seedlings. I can't claim any credit for any of them. I grow all these in a raised bed, in close proximity and all the hybrids are accidental, apparent when I've raised batches of seed from the parent plants.

Sorry to be digressing away from Primula.
« Last Edit: February 24, 2009, 07:58:32 PM by Lesley Cox »
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