The Primrose Path.

‘ And in the wood where often you and Ion primula - bottom were wo nt to consist ’ .A Midsummer ’s Night Dream .

It ‘s a snatch chilly for lying around on primrose beds at the minute but as we cycle around the Suffolk lanes they are a wonderful sight . As the primroses bulge out to go over then the cowslips look ever more fab . Here is my girl ’s favored walking at the present moment through the fields near her home .

Primula veris

Primula veris

Primroses are notoriously light and although the primrose and cowslips usually turn in dissimilar position , sometimes they develop in the same place and hybridise . They do the same in the garden and I quite enjoy the ensue Primula polyantha in a image of color .

These primrose x cowslip hybridisation are calledPrimula polyantha . They are not to be confused with true paigle , Primula elatior . We are lucky in Suffolk as we still have some aboriginal Primula elatior as well as May blob , although they are uncommon . The umbel of pale , primrose- white-livered , Primula elatior flowers shine on just one side .

Oxslip . Primula elatior

Primula veris

As we cycle around I have seen the odd barbarian primroses in pinkish and carmine and I have also add up across ruddy and orange marsh marigold acquire far away from any house .

Wild Cowslips

you could purchase seeds of these colorful cowslips in sunset tint and I am very fond of them . I have them dotted about so that here and there they can hybridize with my primula .

Primula veris

The leave polyanthus are very vigorous . I recognise most plants people crawl at the idea of those rather vulgar , oversized , gimcrack polyanthus you see on sale everywhere in wintertime . They will droop in a raging room or become flat outside in the Robert Lee Frost . I dislike them too but I do n’t trust that the only satisfactory primrose is the modest nativePrimula vulgaris . citizenry have been cross primroses since Elizabethan times and doubles or hose- in -hose were always highly seek after . Old forge double primroses are particularly bewitch . Unfortunately they do n’t set up seed and tend to go away . I have eff and lost several . fortuitously there are some modern double cross .

Primula‘Quaker ’s Bonnet ’

Primula‘Sunshine Susie ’

I also sleep with the laced primroses in gold or silver . And then there is the delectable double lacedPrimula‘Elizabeth Killelay ’ . This was find in her garden , by a peeress called Hazel Bolton , she name it after her grand daughter . Imagine finding this in your garden .

Primula‘Elizabeth Killkelay ’

There are some dainty primula which have been crossed withPrimula juliaeto give swell leafage and smaller flowers . I have two , Primula‘Tomato Red ’ andPrimula‘Lady Greer ’ which is a neat little polyanthus .

Oxslip. Primula elatior

Primula wanda‘Tomato Red ’

Primula‘Lady Greer ’

For many years I grew adorable Barnhaven primroses which come up in such yummy colours you finger you should be eating them . Last year I discovered the Irish primroses which have been build up over 35 years by Joe Kennedy from seed of hedge primrose . His center must be sharper than mine because I have never get word any uncivilized 1 with the endearing bronze leaves of these mantrap . They are all very strong and healthy and now I am on a mission to collect them all . So far this is what I have .

Wild Cowslips

There are over 600 species of primrose and some of them are very miffy lilliputian alpines . But as long as you have some ordinary primrose in different colours they will seed around and enrapture you with their multi - colored off - bounce . And what else blossom from February until April ? I love them , they are one of the delectation of leap .

38 Responses toThe Primrose Path.

What a variety you have and how grand to have primrose growing en masse shot along the route like that ! More clear proof ( as if I needed any ) of the difference in our climates . I do n’t even endeavor to plant them anymore .

Oh I ’m so beaming that you return with a such a adorable recollective and informatory office about primroses Chloris . They are such fabulous flower . I ’ve recently pick a few primula vulgaris flowers to jam . I ’ve not number across primula ‘ Strong Beer ’ before and will now be on look out for one as a treat for himself 🙂

Hello Chloris , just found your overnice garden web log . Your primroses look wonderful!Maybe you are concerned to chatter my garden blog ? It ’s pen in German and English . Just that I sometimes struggle with the right English translation for the plant life names . But right on now I learned from this post that I translated at least the English transformation for the German primrose correctly . See here : http://hassberg - garten.blogspot.com/2017/04 / im - garten - bluhts - gelb - it - blossoms.htmlHave a nice daySigrid

A delight of the winter and spring garden . Sometimes I pick up them blooming periodically through the summertime as well . Your telling collection must make you the queen of the primula path .