Primula 2010

[ruweiss]

Some double auriculas from my collection, the yellow and the terracotta ones are without
names, the red one is Crimson glow.
Pr. japonica seeds itself freely in the moist part of my garden.

[Darren]

My absolute favourite alpine plant is in flower, Primula reidii in blue and white forms. Scent is incredible so it is one of Susan's favourites too. I have to keep it going from seed and have a stock in the fridge and try to sow some each year. All the flowers so far this season are thrum which does not bode well for seed production.

[partisangardener]

What a little beauty. Does it live only one year?

[Darren]

No Axel - it is a perennial but tends to be fairly short lived. Terry at Edrom nurseries tells me he has kept their stock plants going for several years by frequent division and repotting into fresh compost.

[Ragged Robin]

Pr. japonica seeds itself freely in the moist part of my garden.

Your garden must look wonderful Rudi with those pretty Primula - P. Crimson Glow is amazing almost like wax 

[Ragged Robin]

My absolute favourite alpine plant is in flower, Primula reidii in blue and white forms. Scent is incredible so it is one of Susan's favourites too.

Darren, your P reidii is gorgeous, no wonder it's a favourite - I imagine you grow it inside?

[Darren]

Hi Robin,

 I do but only to keep the winter wet off it, so a frame might do just as well. It dies back to a tiny resting crown in the winter and I just put it in a tray under glass so I can water it occasionally from below to keep the compost moist but the crown dry. Once growth starts I repot it into fresh compost then move it outside into a shady plunge with my cypripediums etc. This also raises it up to nearer nose height!

[Ragged Robin]

Sounds an ideal arrangement 

[arisaema]

They've finally started here as well; P. limbata, calderiana, chionantha ssp. sinopurpurea and maximowiczii below

[arisaema]

P. deorum

[johanneshoeller]

Does anybody know this Primula? My mystery is not so easy, isn't it.
If it is of interest I could show more pics of this species.

[ranunculus]

Sorry Hans ... I immediately typed Primula minima without even considering the foliage ... now, of course, I realise how silly I was!

[TheOnionMan]

Does anybody know this Primula? My mystery is not so easy, isn't it.
If it is of interest I could show more pics of this species.

Hard to tell what is or isn't the foliage.  Can you post some more photos please.  Reminds me of Primula × bileckii.  Where was the photo taken?

[Maggi Young]

Lovely primula.... I'm thinking a glutinosa x minima hybrid....  P. x floerkeana ? Though the flower is more starry than any I have seen.. so pretty!

[johanneshoeller]

On last Friday 2 members of the SRGC, Sid and Brian, visited me and wanted to take pics of Primula clusiana in the wild. Sid will write a Primula book. So we went to the best location of Primula clusiana in the Alps which I know, and this location is at the mountain behind my house (garden). All were so surprised because we saw so many different forms of flowers what is never seen by other Primulas. So it is nearly impossible to identify Primula clusiana if you have not seen the leaves,...
The colours of the flowers are not correct, it should be blood-red, my camera is not the best.
Now I will show you some Primula clusiana and other plants.
Then we went to a location of Cypripedium calceolus (near my house, too) where Sid and Brian took many pics. They were so happy to see such wonderful Cyps in the wild. I will show some pics under "Cypripedium calceolus".
I hope my pics are of interest for you.