Primulas 2011.

[johngennard]

Another asiatic,"ARDUAINE" pronounced I think "ARDUY" but no doubt Maggie will enlighten us.They are two different plants.

[Maggi Young]

Named for a lovely rhododendron garden on the west of Scotland.... Arduaine is  pronounced "Ardoony"  

http://www.nts.org.uk/Property/6/

[ChrisB]

What wonderful plants!  I just love that blue colour on the farinous foliage.  They don't look real.  Sure wish I could grow them.

[Giles]

Some doubles:
Quaker's Bonnet
Easter Bonnet (with Miel in background)

Perle von Bottrop ('Super Wanda') only just mine.

[ruweiss]

Glad to watch the Primulas starting to flower in the alpine house.
Last year I had massive problems with root fungi and transplanted
the remaining plants to new soil. It was rather late in the year, but
almost all the plants survived this rude procedure.

[Maggi Young]

Good to hear that your treatment to get rid ofthe root fungus was successful Rudi.



 'Elke Weiss ' is a very beautiful flower: why am I not surprised?  .

[ChrisB]

Rudi,  really like your P. 'Joan Hughes' !

[Giles]

P.juliae (very soon), plus somethings to pass the time...

[Giles]

Primula vulgaris 'Taigetos'
plus  (  )

[Maggi Young]

Crikey, Giles, I know Easter is a moveable feast but yours is a bit on the early side, eh? 

[ruweiss]

After a look at the Pr. vulgaris sipthorpii which naturalizes nicely in our meadow we visited
their more glamorous cousins in a nursery in our region. Their main job is raising homeplants
for gardencenters and builder's markets, but they also sell single plants and have an enormous
range of different plants in an outstanding quality. The friendly owner told us, that the small seedlings
get potted in September/Oktober and February/March they must be ready for sale.
Incredibly!

[Armin]

Who can kindly explain me the differences between Primula vulgaris ssp. vulgaris and P. vulgaris ssp. sibthorpii?
Is it just by colour (sulfurous/pink) and natural distribution (Europe/Turkey)?

[DaveM]

Yes, it is essentially by colour, ssp vulgaris is a lovely 'primrose yellow' whereas ssp sibthorpii has a huge range from purple, lilac, red, pink to white with only rare yellow. John Richards also gives one or two other minor differences. Ssp vulgaris occurs throughout the whole species range whereas ssp sibthorpii occurs in northern and central Greece through Turkey to the Caucasus. To see some of the range of colours of sibthorpii see Pam Eveleigh's 'Primulaworld' website.

[Gerdk]

Here are two Primula species which I regard highly -

Primula megasaefolia for its long flowering periode +
Primula marginata for its toughness

Gerd

[Giles]

The first 2 are mine, the third is from Wisley.
P.juliae
P.'Tipperary Purple'
P.'Schneekissen'