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Primulas in 2022

A late-winter look back at some of the best and most interesting primroses of last spring and summer. — Below, three Primulas new to my garden: tiny Primula scotica, yellow Primula luteola, and leafy Primula palmata. P palmata survived one … Continue reading

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Primulas, Spring 2021

Many of these plants have appeared here before. Species new to the garden were still too small to bloom (Primula scotica) or did not like the weather this year (Primula luteola, Primula auriculata, Primula kisoana, a few others). Maybe we’ll … Continue reading

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Primulas in 2020

Auriculas are in the previous post (scroll down). Here are some of last year’s better photographs of other Primulas in the gardens. First up, Primula marginata seedlings, and (right, with deeply toothed leaves) the named selection ‘Linda Pope’ — 110 … Continue reading

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Auriculas in 2020

To start, a trio of new plants from seeds obtained through the NAPS Midlands and West seed exchange. I did not post any 2020 Primula pictures here last year, but did enter some pictures in the American Primrose Society online … Continue reading

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Primulas of 2019: Best of the Rest

  Primula sieboldii The potted plant was meant to be (and priced as) a named cultivar, but turned out to be something else. Luckily, I’d bought if off the clearance shelf for a dollar or two. The other three are … Continue reading

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