Primula 2016

[suesimpson33]

Thanks for that Sue. I have 'Casterino' but it looks like it's not going to flower this year. I was taken by Primula 'Anwen' in your last post, another cracking plant. Not a lot about it on Google apart from a picture of it from the NAPS Northern Section Primula Show at Ossett, West Yorks in 2009, bred and shown by John Mercer from Bradford. That's the trouble with Primulas, there are a number of cracking plants around but very difficult to source many of them.

You would see my answer to the Tremalzo query. Casterino it is unfortunately, wrongly labelled in 2009! Just checked to see where I got 'Anwen' and it was from the Hexham show club stand in 2012!

[rgc]

Hi
The label on this pretty little primula growing outside in my crevice garden says Primula  x floerkeana (a natural hybrid of P. glutinosa and P. mimima), but the flowers do not tally with any of the pictures of that on the internet.

Can anyone tell me what it is please.

Thanks
Bob

[Philip Walker]

Primula marginata-possibly 'Kesselring's Variety'
Primula 'Pink Aire'

[Matt T]

Here is a nice plant that I picked up at the Edinburgh show from Rumbling Bridge. Labelled P. 'Celtic Maiden', it is a plant of their own raising with PP. x pubescens, auricula and marginata in its parentage. It is offered as "the yellow marginata", and whilst I can detect a hint of yellow in the throat of newly opened flowers it is a rather attractive sparkling white. For comparison, the second photo shows this plant (left) next to P.m. 'Casterino' (right).

[David Nicholson]

My Primula season is slowly drawing to a close with, in addition to those posted below, the marginatas still to flower although they well give it a miss this year. Those below are all small plants grown from saved rooted offsets from plants that were suffering from Botrytis in late-Autumn/early Winter.

Primula 'Jenny Bourne' another David Philbey hybrid
P. 'Lindum Whisper'
P. 'Lindum Serenade'
P. 'Lindum Sunburst'

[David Nicholson]

Some more:-

Primula 'Lilac Lover'
P. 'Wharfedale Superb'
P. 'Lismore 79-26' raised by Brian Burrow and, as far as I know, not named. It was the seed parent of  David Philbey's 'Janet Aldritch (pollen parent thought to be x pubescens 'Harlow Carr')

[Graeme]

need a couple of id's
lost label Marginata's any ideas welcome





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[Yann]

Nice Primula display from all of you, i'm jealous 

[Matt T]

There's an interesting article on Primula and auricula at the New England Primula Society exhibition over at Matt Mattus' blog, including a very nice portrait of our own Ian The Christie Kind.

[David Nicholson]

Thanks for Link Matt I'm more used to seeing IC with a glass of Malt though

[Steve Garvie]

Some Asian Primulas in flower now:

Primula henricii


Primula maximowiczii


Primula reidii var. williamsii

[Tristan_He]

Primula frondosa. I've had this for several years now and it's still going strong. Split this spring.

[olegKon]

Can anyone help identify this primula. I used to have a Primula scotica nearby but it died after flowering. I thought this might be a seedling of primula scotica, but now that I see Tristan's Primula frondosa I find some resemblance. The thing is that I have never had a Primula frondosa

[Maggi Young]

Primula farinosa, perhaps, Oleg?

[olegKon]

Might be, Maggi. Thanks. I have one at the other end of the garden. Should compare the plants. When the garden is mature you never know what discoveries you can make