Primula 2014

[Graeme]

Interesting plant that last one Roma.  Trying to figure out what the cross must have been..

flowers looks like P.auricula moonlight - but a lot of farina on the leaf - nice plant

[Roma]

Interesting plant that last one Roma.  Trying to figure out what the cross must have been..

Graeme Butler (Rumbling Bridge Nursery) was selling Auriculas at some of the SRGC Shows last year as 'Rumbling Bridge Strain'.  I am not sure if they are open pollinated or deliberate crosses.  They were mixed colours and some were farinose and some not.  I liked this one because it was different. 

[ChrisB]

I'll try and get one next time I'm at a show he's coming to.

[Caroline Stone]

'Fife Yellow'-  thought this was the right place to show a photo of this one. Sadly the colour hasn't come out right in the photo. I have tried several times and none of them are quite right. It is darker and brighter.
And Maggie thank you for the advice on resizing photos!

[Matt T]

Primula x pubescens 'Christine' is putting on a brave show, growing outside without any protection from the Hebridean elements.

[mark smyth]

My P. marginata Holly Leaf is now tall and leggy but flowers really well. How and when can I rejuvenate it?

[Philip Walker]

Primula 'Linda Pope'

[mark smyth]

I need to add Primulas to my plunge. Two out of three plunges are just leaves at this time of year

[ChrisB]

Mark your P. marginata doesn't look very big.  If it were mine I'd just repot it a bit deeper, but if you'd rather do cuttings it looks like it would make three, but keep the stump which should regenerate.  Ian Kidman told me to do this, saying it takes two years for the plant to grow again but it creates a much more compact plant, plus you have the young cutting plants as well.  It should be done after flowering which ever method you decide upon.

[mark smyth]

I'll try and remember to take cuttings after it has finished flowering

[David Nicholson]

Nice 'Linda Pope' Philip

Mark, can you tell me where you got your P. marginata 'Holly Leaf' from please, it doesn't seem to be available from any of the outlets I use.

[mark smyth]

Mark, can you tell me where you got your P. marginata 'Holly Leaf' from please, it doesn't seem to be available from any of the outlets I use.

You'll need to book a flight! I got it in the Czech Republic

[mark smyth]

P. vulgaris 'Irish Cream'

photos 2 and 3 show it against a natural flower
photo 4 shows the plant
photo 5 shows the flower against Snow Cushion

[Philip Walker]

Primula 'Mauve Mist'

[johnstephen29]

Hi mark I really like your Irish cream primrose