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<i>Primula vulgaris</i>
<i>Primula vulgaris</i>
<i>Primula vulgaris</i>
<i>Primula vulgaris</i>
<i>Primula vulgaris</i>
<i>Primula vulgaris</i>
<i>Primula vulgaris</i>
<i>Primula vulgaris</i>

Primula vulgaris

primrose

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Our native primrose is held in deep affection, partly because it's one of the first spring flowers. From early March...

approx 30 seeds
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The simple pale-lemon primrose - literally the prima rosa or first flower - lifts early spring and pleases the bees Val Bourne - Garden Writer

Plant description

Our native primrose is held in deep affection, partly because it's one of the first spring flowers. From early March to May clusters of pale lemon, often fragrant flowers with centres the colour of egg yolk, appear among rosettes of large, deeply-veined, bright-green leaves. Primroses look especially lovely in a woodland garden or along a shady bank, and are suitable for most shady garden sites. Plant them en masse and allow them to naturalise as they would in the wild, among ferns and other woodland plants.

Eventual height & spread

Eventual height and spread

Flowering period

  • Jan
  • Feb
  • Mar
  • Apr
  • May
  • Jun
  • Jul
  • Aug
  • Sep
  • Oct
  • Nov
  • Dec

Plant features

Position

Light shade

Rate of growth

Fast-growing

Soil

Moderately fertile, moist, well-drained soil

Hardiness

Fully hardy

How to care for Primula vulgaris:

Generally, problem-free but do ensure that the ground remains moist, especially where the plant is growing in full sun. Divide large clumps after the plant has flowered, preferably during a wet spell.

Sowing instructions:

Sow on the surface of good seed compost and gently firm them in before watering. Place in a cold frame and transplant individually into small pots when large enough to handle. Keep moist but not wet and grow on in a cool environment before hardening off and planting out in the garden.

Please note:

This perennial is semi-evergreen so it can lose some of its leaves in winter. In colder regions or more exposed gardens, it may lose them all, but then fresh new growth appears again in spring.

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