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JohnnyD

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Shoulda labelled!
« on: March 27, 2022, 11:57:22 AM »
Can anyone please identify this tiny primula with its' dark foliage please. We have had it some years and the label has vanished. JohnnyD
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Re: Shoulda labelled!
« Reply #1 on: March 27, 2022, 02:55:34 PM »
Looks like one of the colour forms of Primula 'Garryarde Guinevere' to me. But then what do I know?
« Last Edit: March 27, 2022, 05:31:31 PM by Maggi Young »

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Re: Shoulda labelled!
« Reply #2 on: March 28, 2022, 04:12:57 AM »
This is not an exact match but I think it gives a clue to the liniage of yours.

Primula polyanthus 'Francisca'.

Marc Rosenblum

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I am in USDA zone 8b where temperatures almost never fall below 15F -9.4C.  Rainfall 50" 110 cm + but none  June-September.  We seldom get snow; but when it comes we get 30" overnight. Soil is sandy loam with a lot of humus. 
Oregon- where Dallas is NNW of Phoenix

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Re: Shoulda labelled!
« Reply #3 on: March 28, 2022, 04:29:07 AM »
JohnnyD,

Primula 'Garryarde Guinevere'
seems to be correct, as Palustris suggested.

"Primula 'Guinevere' or 'Garryard Guinivere' or 'Guinivere'

"We are pleased to be able to offer this very old named variety. It has purplish-bronze leaves and umbels of pink yellow-eyed flowers. The whole plant has a magical shimmery quality to it. Polyanthus form.It was apparently raised at Kinlough, County Leitrim in Ireland by Mrs Johnson but it's real origins are a bit bit of a mystery. "




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« Last Edit: March 28, 2022, 04:42:30 AM by MarcR »
Marc Rosenblum

Falls City, OR USA

I am in USDA zone 8b where temperatures almost never fall below 15F -9.4C.  Rainfall 50" 110 cm + but none  June-September.  We seldom get snow; but when it comes we get 30" overnight. Soil is sandy loam with a lot of humus. 
Oregon- where Dallas is NNW of Phoenix

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Re: Shoulda labelled!
« Reply #4 on: March 28, 2022, 02:23:39 PM »
Thanks everyone. JohnnyD
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