Primula April 2009

[Sinchets]

Flowering today- Primula species Chola Shan, China. Any ideas?

[Giles]

Lesley,
The P.lilacina is easier to grow than P.flaccida.
It has tough leaves. The soft hairy leaves of P.flaccida tend to wilt and rot in hot weather with me.
It was only 'discovered' a couple of years ago.
Giles

[Regelian]

A new auricula blooming now.  It is not so intense as the foto, but a strong green-yellow.  I can't seem to really grow these plants, but the few I keep going I simply love!

[johanneshoeller]

Primula auricula ssp. monacensis (grows in moors)
Primula x grignensis (Grigna, Italy)
Primula auricula alba

[Otto Fauser]

Could someone please name this Primula in the Petiolaris Section , could it be a hybrid? It flowers in spring and again now in autumn here ,
    thanks Otto.

[Giles]

Could it be a form of P.boothii?
Some flower both Spring and Autumn.
The leaves look like mine, but mine has never flowered.

[Otto Fauser]

Thanks Giles - I also now think that boothii could be the correct name - I imported a
plant of it many years ago from Scotland , but the name vanished from the label.
 It grows very easily here in lots of leafmould ,shadeand moisture and flowers freely
 each spring and again in autumn.
        Otto

[Giles]

2 primulas:
1. P.kisoana
2. I've no idea. (It reminds me of earwigs!).I've put it on the AGS website for JR to have a look at.

[Regelian]

These little guys were passed on to me from a friend in Krefeld.  I know they are common, but I have forgotten the name.  Lovely little affairs that are already seeding around after a season.  Can someone provide a name.  I really should put a little tag beside them.

[Giles]

Jamie,
They're Primula sieboldii.
Very classy primulas - the Japanese are very keen on them.

[Regelian]

Thanks, Giles,

I can see why the Japanese are fond of them.  They have an elegant simplicity coupled with clarity of colour.

[Maggi Young]

Giles, your unknown primula was at the Perth Show..... let me think...... 


 Perth Show 2009, page 1 reply No. 8 : Primula yuparensis
http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3412.0

[Giles]

Thankyou Maggi - it looks spot on.
I've just found another weird one:
Primula iljinskii
(I can't confirm this one - as all I've found is a bad line drawing in Halda's book - it hasn't made it to primulaworld yet)

[Maggi Young]

Never heard of or seen P. iljinski, Giles! 
Pretty flower but the foliage looks like a cross between a bellis perennis and a lewisia.... very odd!

[Regelian]

A lot will depend on the foliage Derek. Can you show us that please?

Lesley sorry only just seen your post this photo shows the leaves, Derek

Derek,

I was looking through the Primulaworld index and found P. handeliana.  It looks like a dead ringer for your curious yellow.  Check it out.