Primula 2016

[suesimpson33]

Just a few more!
P. 'Linden Frosty Morn'
P. 'Wharfedale Superb'
P. allionii 'Pink Aire'
P. allionii 'Avalanche'
P. 'Broadwell Chameleon '

[Maggi Young]

Cracking primulas. Sue - that 'Frosty Morn' is very sweet.

[suesimpson33]

Sitting at dentist waiting patiently!

P. 'Stradbrook Lucy'
P. 'Windrush'
P. 'Lindum Crepe Suzette'
P. 'Lismore Treasure'

[Matt T]

thanks David - I have had a look at my list of plants and it was 'Gold Plate' - so I better get looking for one - I have a lot of lost label plants I will need to id at some stage

I have 'Gold Plate', Graeme. A small plant, it was chopped last year to make a cutting and is branching out nicely. If you struggle to find a source for this plant I could probably let you have a cutting next year. Do come back to me if you have no joy elsewhere.

[David Nicholson]

Very nice selection there Sue. I particularly liked Primula marginata 'Tremalzo' which I hadn't heard of before, it looks a very good form. Could you let me know who stocks it please?

[suesimpson33]

Just having a look at our database and it looks as though we picked up 'Tremalzo ' from a SRGC Sales table in Dundee in 2009! As we have HMT on the label it looks as though Henry and Margaret Taylor must have brought it in that day so it may be one of their selections. I would think they will be at the Edinburgh show on Saturday so I will check with them. I have never seen it for sale anywhere else. 'Casterino' is quite a nice form too.

[suesimpson33]

Primula 'Lindum Ibis'
P. 'Lindum Destiny'
P. 'Lindum Unique '
P. marginata 'Anwen'

[David Nicholson]

Just having a look at our database and it looks as though we picked up 'Tremalzo ' from a SRGC Sales table in Dundee in 2009! As we have HMT on the label it looks as though Henry and Margaret Taylor must have brought it in that day so it may be one of their selections. I would think they will be at the Edinburgh show on Saturday so I will check with them. I have never seen it for sale anywhere else. 'Casterino' is quite a nice form too.

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.

[suesimpson33]

I don't find the white marginatas  particularly easy unfortunately, nor easy to propagate.

[Graeme]

I have 'Gold Plate', Graeme. A small plant, it was chopped last year to make a cutting and is branching out nicely. If you struggle to find a source for this plant I could probably let you have a cutting next year. Do come back to me if you have no joy elsewhere.

thanks Matt much appreciated - I did pick one up on my travels but I am not 100% sure it is gold plate as it has been outside - now its under a bit more cover I will have to see if it produces the gold farina

[Graeme]

Sue - all I can say is you have a fantastic collection of primulas - and thanks for posting the photos

[ruweiss]

Sue, it is aways a pleasure for me to see the photos of your
well grown and labelled Primulas. Thank you for posting!
I just wondered about the naming of Primula Tremalzo.
Monte Tremalzo and the Tremalzo Pass which is well known for
the Flora and the mountain bike trails lies above Lake Garda,
quite far away from the Maritime Alps, the location of P. marginata.
Primula Casterino was a finding of the late nurseryman Mr. Wetzel in
the wild. This plant is a real Diva in my experience, very beautiful, but
slow to propagate and grow.

[Michael J Campbell]

Primula Timpany seedling.
Primula blue night.
Primula blue wave.

[suesimpson33]

Primula marginata 'Casterino' it is! Wrongly named as Tremalzo in 2009! Still jolly difficult whatever it is!

[Gerdk]

The discussion about Primula marginata 'Casterino' brings back memories of a trip made with my
late friend Bernd Wetzel. In 1993 we visited the Maritime Alps and stayed at Entraque. In the region we
saw gems as Fritillaria tubiformis ssp. moggridgei,  Primula allionii and Primula
marginata. When I asked Bernd about the location where he detected the white variety of the
latter one earlier he replied that it wasn't inside the Casterino valley and he choose the name because
it sounds pretty nice. Unfortunately I can't remember the place he mentioned for the real place.
I still cultivate Casterino. The variety does well inside but was a little bit tricky in the trough.

Gerd