Primula Cabrillo as Potted Plants
Cabrillo sound like a good name for a new car but it is just as good as a name for a bright zippy Primula.
Primula Cabrillo is closely related to the Cowslip but this variety is a bit special. As you can see below there were many Primula Cabrillo as Potted Plants for sale at our local nursery. (I think they were imported from Holland but there are several greenhouses behind the scenes at our local nursery Swincar Guiseley.) The flowers are well scented and that is one reason for thinking about them as potted plants for the house.
Tips for Growing Primula Cabrillo as Potted Plants
- These Primulas like a moist rich soil and were already potted in dark peat based compost.
- Select a plant with several unopened but full flower heads. I am on my fourth stem and the weakest has 16 individual florets the largest had over 40.
- Use a plant pot that is large enough to do the job. My Primula Cabrillo is in a 6″ plastic pot with a deep saucer.
- Primulas love water and I am watering my plant virtually everyday and bear in mind the pot has quite a capacity. The leaves quickly go limp if the plant is distressed by too much sun and heat or lack of water.
- Primulas love sun but not heat. I have my plant in an east facing window. It gets good light in the morning but is shaded during the hottest part of the day.
- I am watering from the bottom and adding a weak tomato feed at each opportunity.
I have had more value out of this relatively cheap plant than I would have has out of a large and more expensive bunch of flowers. It has already lasted 18 days and hasn’t reached its peak. Just another reason to buy Primula Cabrillo as Potted Plants.
I now have the fun of trying to keep the plant until next year. Since it is still flowering I will wait and see how it looks with a view to splitting the root and putting one plant in the garden and others in a shaded cold frame.
Now I am thinking of finding space in the garden to try some of these bright yellow flowers with crinkly green leaves.
My only worry is that the nursery have misnamed the Primula Cabrillo as I think it is so superior to the cowslip that the breeders have really been at it with this strain.