Primula 2015

[johnw]

Luc - Wonderfully distinct ones too!

john

[Matt T]

'Casterino' is especially lovely!

[mark smyth]

I would like to move some of my Primula vulgaris, not wild type, in to pots. Am I wasting my time? What size pot do they need? What about the planning mix?

[mark smyth]

I need to lift and separate some of my primroses because self sown seedlings are appearing right beside or within parent plants. Can I do that now?

[mark smyth]

and a few more primroses

Who on the forum used to collect Primula vulgaris and its cultivars?

[Graeme]

Primula Lindum Storm Cloud - a bit darker that it normally appears as it has been in a shade house
Primula 'Mauve Mist' - got a lot of marginata in it - must learn not to splash the leaves with water
Primula 'Victoria' - need chopping up for cuttings to get it back to compact plants
Primula 'Bill Martin' - got a lot of these under the plunge - nice big flower and seem to survive better than some of the primula hybrids
Primula 'Lindum Whisper' been too long in deep shade - needs splitting for cuttings in the autumn

[Graeme]

it is such a good colour it needs a second picture.....

[David Nicholson]

Primula 'Victoria' is a nice colour Graeme. This might give you a bit of a shock though http://www.auriculaandprimula.org.uk/galleries/primulas/european_hybrids/primula_x_victoria.html

Yours is listed in Mary Robinson though, she says:- "Not one of the easiest varieties to keep in good health, possibly losing it's vigour from over-propagation, or even old age" Don't let your plant read the book

Lindum Storm Cloud is a beauty. Bill Martin is a new one on me.

[David Nicholson]

Who on the forum used to collect Primula vulgaris and its cultivars?

Giles, I think.

[David Nicholson]

I need to lift and separate some of my primroses because self sown seedlings are appearing right beside or within parent plants. Can I do that now?

You could provided you keep them well watered.

[Graeme]

Primula 'Victoria' is a nice colour Graeme. This might give you a bit of a shock though http://www.auriculaandprimula.org.uk/galleries/primulas/european_hybrids/primula_x_victoria.html

Yours is listed in Mary Robinson though, she says:- "Not one of the easiest varieties to keep in good health, possibly losing it's vigour from over-propagation, or even old age" Don't let your plant read the book

Lindum Storm Cloud is a beauty. Bill Martin is a new one on me.

Yes I have seen the white one which I think was a later re-naming - very confusing for those of us who have the other one tucked under a bench

Mine did come directly from Mary a while before she died and is actually a good solid red - I need to chop my one plant up into cuttings at some stage - someone had a few on the members stand at Chesterfield AGS show about 8-10 years ago - that was the last time I had seen it anywhere.  Yes I do need to keep that book well away from some of the plants I have

The Bill Martin came from Potterton & Martin (Pottertons) again a long long time ago - I always thought it was named after one of the founders of the nursery - but I could be wrong https://pottertons.co.uk/pott/view_product.php?pid=3231- I have quite a few so I will PM you and I can get one sent in the autumn to you - it is fairly bullet proof to be honest to survive with me and has big but not elegant flower.

[mark smyth]

Thanks David. No Giles this year?

[Maggi Young]

Some great photos from Giles , Mark .... in other threads - where he has, for instance, shown really good primulas growing from his potting mix cast-offs and some fab magnolias......!

[Matt T]

Primula marginata, from a wild collection and supplied by Ardfearn.

[David Nicholson]

Thanks David. No Giles this year?

He's been about on one or two threads.