We hope you have enjoyed the SRGC Forum. You can make a Paypal donation to the SRGC by clicking the above button
Scottish Rock Garden Club Forum
Welcome,
Guest
. Please
login
or
register
.
1 Hour
1 Day
1 Week
1 Month
Forever
Login with username, password and session length
Caps lock is activated.
News:
Click Here To Visit The SRGC Main Site
Home
Forum
Help
Login
Register
Scottish Rock Garden Club Forum
»
Specific Families and Genera
»
Primula
»
Primula March 2007
« previous
next »
Print
Pages: [
1
]
2
3
...
8
Go Down
Author
Topic: Primula March 2007 (Read 35855 times)
David Nicholson
Hawkeye
Journal Access Group
Hero Member
Posts: 13117
Country:
Why can't I play like Clapton
Primula March 2007
«
on:
March 05, 2007, 01:15:14 PM »
Here's the first of my Primula x pubescens to flower this year-Primula x pubescens "Peggy". It is an offset taken from a larger plant but the larger plant is still in bud.
Logged
David Nicholson
in Devon, UK Zone 9b
"Victims of satire who are overly defensive, who cry "foul" or just winge to high heaven, might take pause and consider what exactly it is that leaves them so sensitive, when they were happy with satire when they were on the side dishing it out"
Corinne
Newbie
Posts: 23
Re: Primula March 2007
«
Reply #1 on:
March 05, 2007, 01:35:52 PM »
Beautiful!
I notice the 'standing' leaves.
Corinne
Logged
Iowa, USA, Zone 4
johanneshoeller
Hero Member
Posts: 621
Country:
Re: Primula March 2007
«
Reply #2 on:
March 05, 2007, 05:19:43 PM »
Here are 2 pubescens seedlings (hirsuta x auricula) from plants which grow at a mountain near Innsbruck, Austria.
Hans
from Austria
Logged
Hans Hoeller passed away, after a long illness, on 5th November 2010. His posts remain as a memory of him.
David Nicholson
Hawkeye
Journal Access Group
Hero Member
Posts: 13117
Country:
Why can't I play like Clapton
Re: Primula March 2007
«
Reply #3 on:
March 05, 2007, 06:49:39 PM »
Hans, lovely plants. You can "see" Primula auricula in the eye of the second one.
Logged
David Nicholson
in Devon, UK Zone 9b
"Victims of satire who are overly defensive, who cry "foul" or just winge to high heaven, might take pause and consider what exactly it is that leaves them so sensitive, when they were happy with satire when they were on the side dishing it out"
DaveM
Doctor Rock
Hero Member
Posts: 564
Country:
Re: Primula March 2007
«
Reply #4 on:
March 05, 2007, 09:48:51 PM »
A really great plant - Primula 'Arduaine', been in flower for about 2 weeks now, but approaching its best. I always keep this in pots to enjoy the farina as well as the flowers.
Logged
Dave Millward, East Lothian, Scotland
Lesley Cox
way down south !
Hero Member
Posts: 16348
Country:
Gardening forever, house work.....whenever!
Re: Primula March 2007
«
Reply #5 on:
March 05, 2007, 09:58:58 PM »
Just lovely Dave.
Logged
Lesley Cox - near Dunedin, lower east coast, South Island of New Zealand - Zone 9
Luc Gilgemyn
VRV President & Channel Hopper
Hero Member
Posts: 5528
Country:
Re: Primula March 2007
«
Reply #6 on:
March 06, 2007, 07:57:07 AM »
It is a wonderful specimen Dave !!! Beautiful plant !
Logged
Luc Gilgemyn
Harelbeke - Belgium
David Nicholson
Hawkeye
Journal Access Group
Hero Member
Posts: 13117
Country:
Why can't I play like Clapton
Re: Primula March 2007
«
Reply #7 on:
March 06, 2007, 09:24:22 AM »
A nice plant Dave.
Logged
David Nicholson
in Devon, UK Zone 9b
"Victims of satire who are overly defensive, who cry "foul" or just winge to high heaven, might take pause and consider what exactly it is that leaves them so sensitive, when they were happy with satire when they were on the side dishing it out"
hadacekf
Alpine Meadow Specialist
Hero Member
Posts: 953
Country:
Re: Primula March 2007
«
Reply #8 on:
March 06, 2007, 07:45:36 PM »
Dave,
Simply beautiful plant!
Logged
Franz Hadacek Vienna Austria
Franz Hadacek's Alpines And Bulbs
http://www.franz-alpines.org
Armin
Prized above rubies
Hero Member
Posts: 2531
Country:
Confessing Croconut
Re: Primula March 2007
«
Reply #9 on:
March 07, 2007, 05:47:12 PM »
"primula vulgaris" - you may think it is nothing special?
Considering how rare this species became in the wild here -I thought it is worth posting it.
It is spreading well - this year 1st. hybrids appeared.
Question to the experts: Does "vulgaris" naturally cross with "elatior"?
I've searched the web but found only pictures of "vulgaris x veris" but are not matching with mine in the garden.
Blossom of the cross is as early as "vulgaris" (January) but stem and leaves are like "elatior". (The picture is taken last year March, this year slugs attacked it and it looks not so nice).
I grow "vulgaris", "elatior" and "veris".
Logged
Best wishes
Armin
Lesley Cox
way down south !
Hero Member
Posts: 16348
Country:
Gardening forever, house work.....whenever!
Re: Primula March 2007
«
Reply #10 on:
March 07, 2007, 08:08:48 PM »
I don't know about that cross Armin, but it does cross with a number of other primulas including the polyanthus types and so called "acaulis" strains. So don't be surprised at anything.
A shame that it has become rare in the wild with you. I'll never forget the first (only) time I saw it growing in its natural home, on a rain-soaked shady bank on the island of Mull, west of Scotland. Big clumps with masses of lemon flowers and truly gorgeous. Unfortunately I was in a bus (beg its pardon, coach) at the time and couldn't stop to photograph. The memory lingers on however.
«
Last Edit: March 07, 2007, 08:13:41 PM by Lesley Cox
»
Logged
Lesley Cox - near Dunedin, lower east coast, South Island of New Zealand - Zone 9
Armin
Prized above rubies
Hero Member
Posts: 2531
Country:
Confessing Croconut
Re: Primula March 2007
«
Reply #11 on:
March 08, 2007, 06:02:26 PM »
Lesley, thanks. I also believe pollination has happened by bees & bumble bees carrying over pollen from "acaulis" strains often grown in other gardens causing the color variations.
In the area I live the primula populations (vulgaris,veris & elatior) disappeared from many meadows simply due to too early mow and plenty use of vertilizers by farmers.
Once disappeared they never come back...
It's a dilemma.
Logged
Best wishes
Armin
DaveM
Doctor Rock
Hero Member
Posts: 564
Country:
Re: Primula March 2007
«
Reply #12 on:
March 08, 2007, 08:52:09 PM »
Hi Armin
Primula vulgaris (commonly called the Primrose here in the UK) and P elatior (the Oxlip) are rarely found together in the wild here in the UK, mainly because they generally occupy different habitats, though they do flower at the same time. The Oxlip is confined to woodlands on "chalky boulder clay" (glacial till) in eastern England. The primrose is much more widespread and as Lesley says is a real delight where in grows in abundance particularly in western and northern Britain. On many occasions I have seen it in profusion along stream and roadside banks in the Lake District; a wonderful sight.
However, woodland management techniques in eastern England allow the two species to come together and hybridise as Primula x digenea.
John Richard's book on Primulas has some further details.
Logged
Dave Millward, East Lothian, Scotland
Armin
Prized above rubies
Hero Member
Posts: 2531
Country:
Confessing Croconut
Re: Primula March 2007
«
Reply #13 on:
March 09, 2007, 10:43:15 PM »
Hello Dave,
thank you for the detailed explanation and hybrid name.
I don't know yet the author & book, does anybody have the ISBN available?
Logged
Best wishes
Armin
David Shaw
SRGC Publications Manager
Hero Member
Posts: 1228
Re: Primula March 2007
«
Reply #14 on:
March 10, 2007, 08:20:24 AM »
Primula by John Richards
Published by Batsford
ISBN: 0-7134-8728-3
Logged
David Shaw, Forres, Moray, Scotland
Print
Pages: [
1
]
2
3
...
8
Go Up
« previous
next »
Scottish Rock Garden Club Forum
»
Specific Families and Genera
»
Primula
»
Primula March 2007
Scottish Rock Garden Club is a Charity registered with Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR): SC000942
SimplePortal 2.3.5 © 2008-2012, SimplePortal