Primula 2013

[ruweiss]

Some Primula allionii in the Alpine house brighten up these cold times with night
temperatures down to -7°C.
Gabriele and Elke Weiss are own seedlings

[Mark Griffiths]

Really like the Gabrielle, very nice.

[ian mcenery]

Nice plants all. Here I have P megaseifolia in flower in the  garden. Marvellous how such delicate things hold up in this weather. Sorry about the photo quality

[David Nicholson]

Excellent allionii Rudi, I too like Gabriele.

Would love to try Primula megaseifolia Ian but suspect it would fail in my garden. I do have P. 'Barbara Midwinter' a hybrid  P. 'John Fielding (megaseifolia x juliae) backcrossed to juliae it will be interesrting to see if I still have it at this time next year.

[Mark Griffiths]

Primula marginata "Napoleon" - through incompetence this went down to a single tiny twig a yeae or two back. Nice to see it come back. Plus I have another division that seems to be doing ok.

[alant]

Things are not looking too bright on the outside this morning, but on the inside it looks a lot better.  My wee collection of allionii hybrids are doing well.  I have been growing my primulas in a prepared bed rather than in pots for more than ten years now and they seem to like it.  I might have to change the compost in the near future though.

[Yann]

you own a nice primula collection, the bed give a nice landscape

[David Nicholson]

Things are not looking too bright on the outside this morning, but on the inside it looks a lot better.  My wee collection of allionii hybrids are doing well.  I have been growing my primulas in a prepared bed rather than in pots for more than ten years now and they seem to like it.  I might have to change the compost in the near future though.

and very happy they look too Alan. Well grown.

[Maggi Young]

Isn't it a real pleasure to have a glass house to be able to enjoy our plants under cover in this cold weather ?  And the plants are as happy in there as we are!

[Armin]

In every respect a very pleasent glas house sight
I enjoyed a hail storm today... ...if I only could call a glas house my own

[Helen Johnstone]

Heres my first contribution, I have struggled with resizing the photos so I hope they are Ok. 

Primula marginata laciniata
Primula palinuri

Helen

[Maggi Young]

Very nice pix, Helen.  Primulas with farina are especially attractive in my eyes.
Have you had those beauties under glass to keep them so smart?

[Helen Johnstone]

The P. marginata is in a frost free greenhouse and the P. palinuri is in a cold frame - mainly as I have no idea whether they will do well outside.  I am assuming that the marginata doesnt like winter wet on its leaves?  Any advice would be welcome - live in Malvern, Worcestershire

[Maggi Young]

I think I'd keep the palinuri under glass here in N.E. Scotland- it's pretty hardy but it's from sea cliffs in Italy- where it is rare-  so not the most hardy primula for the open, even in Malvern, I think. A cold frame that will not get too hot in summer wll be fine for that. The marginata would be okay outside:  I can look out and see the poor wee souls now, beginning, bravely, to flower in the snow!
The downside of having the P. marginata planted outside is that the farina gets washed off. If you want to keep it pristine on that score -and to make it a stunner on the show bench, perhaps, then under cover and cool would be fine. It really is tough outside though.

[Helen Johnstone]

I will think about the primula.  I'm not sure if I have the courage to show plants but if I keep potting up and produce a good plant maybe I will have a go - is the primula marginata worth showing, I know some are so common people dont bother