Primula 2010

[ChrisB]

Thanks Robin.  I'm quite taken with it too.  But it only managed three flowers on the stem, so its probably not worthy as a show plant unless I can persuade it to do a bit more.  I'll try harder next year now I know what it looks like....

[Lesley Cox]

Can you send the second picture I posted to John Chris? I'd like his opinion though I have no reason to doubt it. The source was a good Primula man and not, so far as I can tell, puzzled at all.

[Lesley Cox]

Chris, having enlarged your picture, your foliage looks much hairier, like our Teddy's fur compared with that of a smooth Jack Russell. Perhaps this is just natural variation? Of the 30-odd seedlings I had to start with (lost some now) all were the smoother kind, though with a soft, velvet pelt.

[ChrisB]

Hi Lesley,

I'm off to our AGS meeting tomorrow night, so I'll print off the picture and take it to show him, see what he says.

[Michael J Campbell]

Primula bilekii
Primula Carniolica
Primula warfdale villiage
Primula rhenaniana
Primula beatrice lascharis
Primula cortusoides
Primula frondosa
Primula air mist
Primula Linda pope
Primula hirsuta red form

[Michael J Campbell]

Primula viscosa

The rest are some of my own hybs, past their best because of the hot weather we are having.

[johanneshoeller]

There are some seedlings of a true P. auricula (wild collected on an avalanche, the first seed of this plant in my garden). Only the leaves remind us of the yellow auricula. I think the first pic shows auricula x carniolica. Any ideas of the others?
The last two plants are a dark blue marginata  (France) and maybe a hybrid between marginata and albenensis.

[Ragged Robin]

Michael, your early Primula are absolutely glorious - what wonderful colours shades of violet 

Your hybs are beautiful forms and I wondered which you crossed with Primula viscosa which in itself is lovely

Primula hirsuta red form is stunning - it grows in the wild here and I wonder where the red one is found?

Primula cortusoides is my favourite for flower, Primula Linda pope for serrated leaf.

[Ragged Robin]

There are some seedlings of a true P. auricula (wild collected on an avalanche, the first seed of this plant in my garden)

Hans, these seedlings flowering in your garden are magic!  It is so rewarding to have collected the seed from such a remote place and to see them happy close by.  Many congratulations    How long did it take for the P auricula seed to germinate?

[johanneshoeller]

Robin,
the auricula hybrids are 2 (or 3) years old.

[partisangardener]

primula maximowizii has set seed thank you for the necessary informations.

[johanneshoeller]

Some of my Primula hybrids and a white allionii (France). The last one could be villosa x allionii.

[Ragged Robin]

Robin,
the auricula hybrids are 2 (or 3) years old.

Thanks for the information Hans.  Your Primula hybrids are really beautiful.

[Gerdk]

primula maximowizii has set seed thank you for the necessary informations.

Axel, congratulations - so you'll be able to have more plants soon. Primula maximowiczii seems to be one of the best 'new' primroses from China.
My own plants were a little bit later than yours - nevertheless I'll show some additional pics.


1. just opening
2. inflorescence
3. + 4. pin eyed flowers
5. thrum eyed flower
6. whole plant - from SRGC seeds - sown January 15th 2009!


Gerd

[Gerdk]

Here are some pics from different forms of Primula marginata - a species well suited to grow in troughs. The white one is ' Casterino '.

Gerd