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Gold Lace Primula

April 27, 2010

This Primrose is not rare, but it is more unusual in American gardens.Highly esteemed by British Primulaphiles, this ornamental primrose has a strong base…

Barnhaven Primroses – A Blooming Legacy

April 19, 2010

I picked a selection of my Barnhaven Polyanthus Primroses and arranged them in a homage to a 1950’s American Primrose Society Quarterly cover that…

La Prima Rosa – The Common Primrose

April 17, 2010

Primula vulgaris The Common Primrose The common yellow Primrose, or Prima Rosa ( early rose) , the early medievil latin name from which…

A Plethora of Auricula

May 21, 2006

Primula auricula are spring blooming primroses that are hardly ever seen at garden centers or in mail order catalogs. Over the years, I have…

High Alpine Primula marginata

April 19, 2006

Primula marginata are primroses that you will not find at a garden center. They must by ordered from an alpine plant catalog, or grown…