Primula vulgaris seed
LATIN NAME: Primula vulgaris
COMMON NAME: Primrose
LATIN NAME: Primula vulgaris
COMMON NAME: Primrose
LATIN NAME: Primula vulgaris
COMMON NAME: Primrose
LATIN NAME: Primula vulgaris
COMMON NAME: Primrose
Primrose is the bright, early, old-fashioned flower of the cool, moist woodlands, and its clusters of the soft, pale-yellow, sometimes pink or red flowers are one of the first fine sights of the spring. The low, neat rosette of the crinkled, oval leaves carries the cluster of the five-petalled flowers on the short stems, opening very early in the season. It is a familiar of the spring garden, the woodland edge and the hedgerow, and it has been a favourite of the gardeners for a very long time. It is a generous, easy plant of the cool, moist, shaded spot.
Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology
Primrose has a rich and well-documented place in the plant science, and it has been studied for its early flowers and its long history in the garden. Researchers have looked at the two different kinds of the flowers, the pin-eyed and the thrum-eyed, which are a fine and famous example of the way the plants avoid the self-fertilising, and the plant keeps showing up in the work on the pollination biology. The breeding of the garden primroses and the polyanthus, from the pale yellows to the deep pinks and the reds, is well recorded, and the plant is a regular subject of the horticultural journals.
Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications
Primrose is grown for the bright, early flowers, and it is one of the first and the most welcome of the spring garden flowers. The clusters of the pale-yellow, pink or red flowers open very early, and they are a fine early food for the bees of the season. The plant is a familiar of the spring border, the woodland edge and the wildflower patch, and the crinkled, oval leaves give a fine, neat rosette through the season. It has drawn attention in the international horticultural press for its early flowers and its long garden history, and it is a generous, easy plant of the cool, moist, shaded spot.
The primrose carries two different kinds of the flower, the pin-eyed and the thrum-eyed, and this old and famous arrangement makes the plant one of the classic subjects of the pollination science. It has also been a gardener’s flower for a very long time, and the many garden primroses and the polyanthus, with their pinks, reds and deep blues, are bred from the modest wildling. The crinkled, oval leaves form a fine, neat rosette that stays fresh through the season.
The primrose is a fine, easy plant for the cool, moist border and the spring bedding, and the clusters of the soft flowers are one of the first and the most welcome sights of the year. The plant grows on well in the ordinary garden soil.
To grow the primrose from seed, sow the fine seeds on the surface of pots of moist, free-draining soil and press them in without covering them, since they like the light and the cool, then keep the pots in a bright, cool, shaded spot and water gently. The seedlings come up steadily and grow on into neat rosettes over the first season. Give them a cool, moist, partly shaded spot, and the bright, early flowers will be there the following spring.
Primrose English Accord Blue Primula Vulgaris is a herbaceous perennial native to Europe and Asia. Primrose English Accord Blue seeds can be started indoors 6-8 weeks before last frost, and also called Common Primrose and Primula Acaulis, this perennial is a compact, low to the ground flowering plant that produces clusters of brilliant blue flowers. English Primrose is very popular for early spring blooms, and its lightly scented flowers attract butterflies and bees.
Primrose English Accord Blue makes a great border plant and looks outstanding in rock and alpine gardens. This colorful perennial flower may be grown in part shade locations such as border fronts, woodlands, along pathways, along streams or ponds and so on. Primula Vulgaris seeds produce a popular colorful perennial flower that likes to grow in partial shade and prefers rich, moist but well-drained soil.
PLANT PROFILE
Season: Perennial
Height: 5-8 Inches
Bloom Season: Spring
Environment: Partial Shade
Soil Type: Rich/Average/Moist well-drained, pH 6.2-7.2
USDA Zones: 4-9
PLANTING INSTRUCTIONS
Sow Indoors: Winter/Spring (6-8 weeks before last frost)
Sow Outdoors: Spring/Fall
Seed Depth: Surface sowing – press seeds slightly into the soil
Germination Time: 21-30 Days