Primula 2014

[ChrisB]

Yup I got mixed up again so sorry Graham!  I did mean Grame Butler. Duh...

David -here's the Blue Wave seedling you sent me.  The colour is richer than this photo shows it's a super plant!

[David Nicholson]

Glad you like it Chris. Keep it going and eventually you might be able to send me an offset, I lost mine!

[Zdenek]

Two Primulas just flowering in our garden:
       Primula amoena
       Primula spectabilis

[David Nicholson]

Nice little Primulas Zdenek.

Some of my latest flowering today.

Primula 'Amethyst'. This one a David Philbey raising under his code DPP 962-10
Primula x pubescens 'Boothman's Variety'. Sorry this is a bit 'fuzzy'. An old pubescens named for the late nurseryman Stuart Boothman.
Primula marginata 'Highland Twilight' another old cultivar.
Primula 'Lismore Snowcap'
Primula 'Lindum Remember'

[David Nicholson]

And a few more:-

Primula 'Linda Pope' an old marginata hybrid dating back to around 1911. Raised by a Birmingham nurseryman Mr Pope and named for his daughter.
Primula auricula

[ichristie]

Hello all, just recovering from our trip to Canada came home to so many plants flowering and millions of weeds , one special primula with only one flower yet thought it might have gone over winter, Primula pulchra, cheers Ian the Christie kind

[Steve Garvie]

A cracking Primula Ian.
I remember this bonny wee species from the old days -good to see that you still have it.

[David Nicholson]

You may be the only one in GB Ian, it's not available in The Plantfinder.

[TC]

I thought that this one had vanished from cultivation.  I managed to keep it for 3 years and then it failed to survive the winter.  This must have been at least 10 years ago.
I also notice that primula reidii seems to be almost impossible to obtain.

[K-D Keller]

Primula time goes on.  3 from the Alps and 2 from the Gardens.

Primula hirsuta, Primula spectabilis, Primula glaucescens, Primula auricula „Blue Wave“, Primula auricula „Glenelg“

[jomowi]

I was always led to believe that you get better seed production from Primulas when cross-pollination takes place between 'pins' and 'thrums'.  Is this a fallacy?  The reason I ask is because when walking in Glen Lednock last week every plant was a 'thrum' for a very long distance before I came across a 'pin' plant.  This must surely mean that in the concentrated area of 'thrums' they were reproducing adequately without the presence of 'pins'. 

[astragalus]

Does anyone grow Primula prolifera?  If so, can you tell me what conditions it needs?

[Philip Walker]

Disapointingly,only 1 flower this year
P.'Jupp'

[Maggi Young]

Does anyone grow Primula prolifera?  If so, can you tell me what conditions it needs?

This primula, a mid-sized candelabra type, enjoys quite a damp situation - boggy pond edge, for instance.
Before we got warmer summers it was pretty happy in a shady spot here that kept semi-moist but it was one of those which gave up the ghost when our summers got a bit warmer and drier.

[astragalus]

Thanks, Maggi.  I can supply a near bog but it would have sun as well.  Would that finish it off?