Primulas 2011.

[Armin]

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.

Hi Dave,
thank you very much for the details!
I've checked 'Primulaworld' web pages prior my question - excellent images and reference but no written description of the distinct differences.

[WimB]

A small Primula started flowering here this week:

Primula 'Aire Waves'

[Giles]

Very nice, Wim.
Here:
Primula 'Elizabeth Browning'
Primula 'Lady Greer'

[Giles]

A hose-in-hose seedling
Wanda Jack-in the-Green
Primula 'Blue Velvet' about an inch high, and vibrant slug pellet blue.

[fleurbleue]

I love white Primula and your "Aire Waves" is very cute Wim

[daveyp1970]

 a few from me sorry no names.

[mark smyth]

Can anyone suggest early Primulas for troughs and in/beside or under over hanging tufa?

[WimB]

Very nice, Wim.
Here:
Primula 'Elizabeth Browning'
Primula 'Lady Greer'

I love white Primula and your "Aire Waves" is very cute Wim

Thanks, Giles and Nicole.

[Lesley Cox]

Mark Primula petiolaris is a good one and others in the same section. They're very ground (trough) hugging with stemless flowers. Also P. clarkei or warshenewskiana. These all need to be cool.

[mark smyth]

Thanks Lesley. I have warshennewskiana. I will Google the others

Mark Primula petiolaris is a good one and others in the same section. They're very ground (trough) hugging with stemless flowers. Also P. clarkei or warshenewskiana. These all need to be cool.

[ruweiss]

Primula allionii and their hybrids are now at their best in the Alpine house:

'Saphire'
'Wharfedale Ling'
'Broadwell Milkmaid'
Got this white beauty with a wrong naame and would be grateful for an
exact identification

[David Nicholson]

Lovely Rudi. They make me feel withdrawal symptons as I sold my Primula collection last year and now grow very few.

[Gerdk]

Primula marginata - now in full bloom

Gerd

[Lesley Cox]

Mark, I'm not sure that your primula is minima. Perhaps it depends on how much that species varies. I would have expected the foliage to be more toothed and certainly the flowers should be more deeply and evenly indented, each petal split almost into two parts. I wonder if yours could be P. x Bileckii which I don't have nowadays so my memory may be at fault. Could others comment please?

[Giles]

In case you missed it, it's here too.........
From Wisley, this morning.
Primula 'Gigha'