Scottish Rock Garden Club Forum
Specific Families and Genera => Primula => Topic started by: arisaema on May 20, 2010, 09:29:17 PM
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Anyone know what this ugly little thing is? The label says "Primula sp. high, woodland - CN: Blue Moon Valley, Zhongdian, NW Yunnan", seeds from one of the Czechs.
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Seems a rather poor -flowered P. chionantha....... :P
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Rather poor is an understatement, it's going on the compost heap! :P
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Don't do that! Maybe it needs another year to produce best flowers. It looks like a healthy plant.
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Rather poor is an understatement, it's going on the compost heap! :P
I'm with Lesley.... you are too harsh, Bjørnar .... give it a chance to do better next year.
These types do often take a while to give their best flowers..... why not be generous ... and hope?!! :D
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I'll move it to a holding bed, then, you're right about them becoming more floriferous in their second year, but the peduncles tend to stay about the same height... It's not a good colour either, wishy-washy purple :-\
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And here I was thinking it was a lovely lavender shade. ::) I'd take it in a heartbeat if I could receive it here. ;D Now you've threatened it it will probably perform brilliantly next year, just to show you were too hasty in your judgment. ;)
Good luck.
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Yes, I agree with Maggi, its a rather undistinguished P. chionantha subsp. sinopurpurea. You should be able to get better forms from almost any seed list.