Primula 2010

[Maggi Young]

I'm horrified to  see how much damage the mice have done.... dreadful mess to be left with, Hans.

On Saturday Beryl McNaughton was telling me that they are having terrible trouble with mice attacking their hellebores. I was surprised by that but I suppose a hungry animal will eat what he can in this winter..... I cannot see a hellebore is tasty 

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Very bad news Hans !!    What an awfull disaster for a plantsman !

[Rodger Whitlock]

Didn't E. A. Bowles refer to mice in the garden as vampires where crocuses were concerned? Seems like their destructive tastes are even wider than perhaps commonly realized.

A good friend on Saltspring Island has endless trouble with mice and rats eating seeds and seedlings of all sorts of things in his greenhouse, though his new cat appears to have taken care of the rat population.

[Ragged Robin]

Hans, what an appalling scene to have your collections so devastated by mice - I hope you can start re-collecting soon and look forward to seeing your successes.

[johngennard]

This is one of my favourites.

     Primula bhutanica

[angie]

This is one of my favourites.

     Primula bhutanica

And I can see why, lovely colour.
Angie

[Ragged Robin]

Does Primula bhutanica only grow in your greenhouse John?  No wonder it's your favourite, such a beautiful shade of blue and the leaf is wonderful

[johngennard]

Regretably,I am afraid so.The asiatics are notoriously difficult in this part of the U.K. but I believe grow easily in the north.

[Tony Willis]

no where near the bhutanica standard but Primula moupinensis in flower.My only petiolarid.

[mark smyth]

Maybe voles did all that damage

[arisaema]

no where near the bhutanica standard but Primula moupinensis in flower.My only petiolarid.

...and here it is in the wild (Hailuogou, 2300m) three weeks ago

[Maggi Young]

no where near the bhutanica standard but Primula moupinensis in flower.My only petiolarid.

...and here it is in the wild (Hailuogou, 2300m) three weeks ago

Hey! You've been travelling, Bjørnar ?!!

[arisaema]

Hey! You've been travelling, Bjørnar ?!!

Just a vacation, I'll try to get some pics up once I get them sorted. Primula petelotii below (Hoang Lien Son/Fansipan, 2100m, 10/2/2):

[Mark Griffiths]

hi, not sure if Marianne answered about the first allionii in these pages. It looks like "Anna Griffith".

A few from me, hopefully in the right order, "Malcolm", "Rosemary" "William Earle" and "Jan". The last one seems very slow here but a really good deep colour.

I wonder whatever happened to "Crowsley's Var". It used to be the most common of the three varities mentioned in books from the late 50s/60s. I have Apple Blossom and Viscountess Byng (that one I've kept losing) but no sign of Crowsley.

[David Nicholson]

Lovely stuff Mark (nice to haveyou back posting again) lost my Crowsley's Var. over the winter.