March 2007

[SueG]

Martin
I think this will take you to the RHS plantfinder entries for Prim vul ssp sibthorpii stockists http://www.rhs.org.uk/rhsplantfinder/pfregions.asp?ID=92034
Sue

[Hans J]

Maggi ,Martin ,

Here are some pics of Primula sibtorpii from a earlier travel in Turkey - I can confirm it -thats wonderful plants .
A friend has send me last year some seeds of it and I have grow some plants from these -they flower now : after one year !
Until now I have only the pink form but my friend has promised me also seeds of the white flowering plants -so I hope .....
I have never sowing any Primula before -so this plants must be really not sensible

Greetings
Hans

[mark smyth]

Martin a local small garden centre has/had it. I'll check now

[David Nicholson]

Brian, picture below of a Dark Cowichan for comparison with your plant. If you would like to see more have a look at   http://www.users.totalise.co.uk/~viv.pugh/

[Brian Ellis]

David, there is a great similarity between your Dark Cowichan primula and mine, the difference can perhaps be accounted for by the lighting if yours was taken with a flash as I took the picture outside today.  Otherwise 'mine' is much darker, although I am sure we are just talking shades of dark.

[Lesley Cox]

Nowadays the lovely Cowichan primulas come not only in light and dark shades of reds and purples/blues but also in bronzy oranges and a gorgeous yellow which is really an old, antique-looking gold. The very dark forms like the one above also often have deep reddish leaves. I think they're all beautiful and worth growing.

[David Nicholson]

David, there is a great similarity between your Dark Cowichan primula and mine, the difference can perhaps be accounted for by the lighting if yours was taken with a flash as I took the picture outside today.  Otherwise 'mine' is much darker, although I am sure we are just talking shades of dark.

Brian, the picture I put in my post was taken from the Web Site I quoted, all of the pictures on that Web Site were taken of plants in Primula shows.

[David Nicholson]

Nowadays the lovely Cowichan primulas come not only in light and dark shades of reds and purples/blues but also in bronzy oranges and a gorgeous yellow which is really an old, antique-looking gold. The very dark forms like the one above also often have deep reddish leaves. I think they're all beautiful and worth growing.

Me too Lesley, I'm growing some (probably far too many) from Barnhaven seed.

[Lesley Cox]

Where can you get Barnhaven seed nowadays David?

[mark smyth]

http://www.barnhavenprimroses.com/

[David Nicholson]

Lesley, if you have have any problems in getting some Barnhaven seed let me know and I will get some for you and send it on.

[Lesley Cox]

Thanks lads, for the link and the offer. I don't why why but I thought the Barnhaven company had stopped trading years ago. Obviously not. There shouldn't be any problem getting seed into NZ of those listed. All are on the "permitted" list. Just a problem paying for them at present. It's disgusting how few Aust. dollars one gets when buying them with NZ dollars.

[Maggi Young]

Isn't "Barnhaven" now based in France? You'll need to be changing your money to euros, Lesley!

[Lesley Cox]

That's even worse Maggi!
Iris seed in transit today.

[Maggi Young]

 

Iris seed in transit today.

   Thanks, Lesley!