Possible cut flower or rock garden plant. Divide older plants after they finish blooming.Īdditional qualities: Attracts hummingbirds, bees and butterflies. Maintenance: Remove yellowing leaves whenever present. Primula vulgaris is often sold along with pansies as color spots and treated as annuals, but have the potential to be a short lived perennial given the right conditions. Primula malicoides (fairy primrose) and Primula obconica (poison primrose) are delightful early spring annuals. Aside from being totally giftworthy, Primroses are totally gardenworthy. Please note: plants arrive in 4-inch containers, the potting is up to you. A simple pot, 6 to 8 inch size, some moss and a little card make it a perfect gift. The majority of primroses are perennial in the Portland area. Here is how we like to dress up Auriculas.
Some species such as Primula japonica and Primula veris are wetland dwellers while others such as Primula auricula are mountain species perfect for the rock garden. They thrive in fertile, well-drained, acidic soil with regular water (except Primulaauricula like alkaline soil).
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Origin: Around 400 species are found mostly through out the Northern Hemisphere.Ĭulture: Primroses are woodland dwellers that prefer morning sun, dappled sun or full shade. Drop in to see what is new and blooming! Varieties We will have a rainbow of colors and types.
Here at Portland Nursery we will be carrying a wide range of Primroses this spring.
These types are often grown in pots since they need sharp drainage and lime. They also have distinctive thick leaves with a powdery coating on the underside. This includes Primula auricula which has small clusters of flat topped flowers in a unique range of color. The third group is evergreen and heralds from mountainous areas. This group includes the common primroses sold as color spots. Primula vulgaris and Primula veris) bear bunches of flowers on 6-8” stems and bloom winter and/or early spring. They are often short lived, prefer damp soil and reseed. Primula capita and Primula japonica) show off their flowers in tiered clusters of 6-8 blooms on 1-2 ½ ‘ stems. The many types of primroses are divided into three basic categories. Other species such as Primula japonica and Primula veris reseed and create naturalized drifts in the shade garden. Some species such as Primula marginata are more diminutive and perfect for rock gardens or trough containers. Primroses combine fabulously with spring bulbs, evergreen grasses and dusty miller. An explosion of color in every shade of the rainbow, primroses primarily prefer cooler temperatures and therefore bloom early spring through May. The name Primula is derived from the Italian word for spring primavera. Please follow our growing instructions carefully, and please keep your seeds in the fridge if you are not sowing immediately.Primroses have been a vibrant addition to the spring, woodland garden and containers for over a century. We want you to love our primulas and polyanthus flowers as much as we do and we take enormous care to ensure that your seeds reach you in good condition. There is a minimum number of 35 seeds per packet (except where stated otherwise) but there are usually many more and we try to be generous when we can. The amount of seed we have available varies considerably depending on weather and pollinating factors. All seed is stored under refrigeration until the moment of despatch. Once they have dried, seed is extracted from the pods by hand. Seed pods are picked singly and it takes skill and experience to harvest at the optimum moment. As the pods start to swell, there is a long battle against caterpillars, aphids, rots, birds and mice. All our pollinating is done by hand in these tunnels and it takes a fair amount of dedication to spend days at a time with only fingers moving in cold, windy and damp weather.
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