Primula-February to April 2008

[Lvandelft]

David and Hans, great to see these beautiful Primula's.
Thank you for sharing them.

[Lesley Cox]

Great plants and pics from everyone. Such cheerful little bunches, aren't they?

[mark smyth]

In one of my troughs I have lots of Primula warschenewskiana that have made a great come back after almost being wiped out by vine weevils. There is a show this Saturday. Can I lift them for it without harming them?

[Paul T]

Such lovely Primula pics.  Those of you with your own seedlings must be pretty proud of them.  David, I particularly love your second seedling of your own..... the one that looks like it opens with a red edge then darkens.  Beautiful flower!!

Thanks for the pics everyone!!  Beautiful!! 

[mark smyth]

Here's an Irish bred Primrose 'Dark Rosaline'. Sorry about the out of focus flowers. I'll take a new shot later this week

[Maggi Young]

Mark, I would not be inclined to lift that Primula warschenewskiana from a trough for the show.

[David Nicholson]

Here's an Irish bred Primrose 'Dark Rosaline'. Sorry about the out of focus flowers. I'll take a new shot later this week

Is it a Hose-in-Hose? Pity about the stripes though!

Don't lift the plant from the trough, you'll loose it.

[Paul T]

David,

I don't think it is a hose-in-hose, just has overlapping petals.  At first glance it looks like it though.  I adore hose-in-hose Primulas, but have only ever seen one available here in Aus called 'Garryard's Variety' which I love.

The cool February brought a lot of Primulas out of their "dormancy" way ahead of usual, then the couple of weeks of above 30'C in the beginning of March has damaged some of them very badly.  I know I've lost seedlings (mature size, not young ones) I had from my cross of 'Garryard's Variety' with P. x juliae (or is it x juliana, I never can recall) that had been doing fine through summer up until then.  Every pot has had the plant virtually melt in it and there's nothing left.  most disappointing as I was looking forward to seeing more of them flowering and hopefully crossing amongst the seedlings.  Oh well, will attempt the cross again this year if the parents are still alive.  A lot of things are VERY disturbed this year because of the strange weather.

[David Nicholson]

The first alpine Primulas (grown from seed, true and hybrids)

A lovely selection of Primulas Hans.

[David Nicholson]

In 2006 I collected open pollinated seed from my Primula Blue Wave and here is the first seedling to flower. Blue Wave is something of an 'oddball' in that in Primula circles it is sometimes shown as a Primula pubescens and sometimes as a Border Auricula.

First couple of pictures are of Primula Blue Wave (I posted these last week) followed by a couple of the seedling. I'm not too impressed by the flower, bit muddy in colour and a very hexagonal centre, but I'll see what it looks like next year.

[Maggi Young]

I like it, David.... is a hexagonal centre considered a fault?

[David Nicholson]

Well, it is in Auriculas, the eye is supposed to be perfectly round. As I'm not attemting to pass this off as an Auricula don't suppose it matters a lot. Even if it's thought ugly it's my baby and I love it!

[mark smyth]

OK it they will stay in the trough

[Lvandelft]

Wow, this blue is nearly black, super colour David.

[ChrisB]

Very nice seedling David.  Is Blue Wave really that blue?