We can all be caught by an impulse purchase as I was with this ‘Primula Champagne White Rose’ in the reduced section at a local garden centre. With my new found interest in the Primula family I thought I would buy this plant at half price even though they all looked as if they were done flowering for this season.

Treatment of Primula Champagne White Rose

• I wanted to be able to divide any plant I bought and thus selected one from about 30 with what I hope were a couple of crowns.
• I pinched out all the flower heads that were finished and cleared up some broken and damage leaves.
• I was pleasantly surprised that there was a lot of bud still to open and I am keeping it on a windowsill near my computer for a week or so.
• I will then take it out of the 6″ pot and molly coddle it with a bit of fibrous mulch and a weak thank you feed.
• Hopefully I will be able to divide the separate crowns to produce more plants for next year

Information on Plant label Primula Champagne White Rose

• The good quality printed label has a couple of rose coloured flowers with typical yellow centres. The edges on the photo are stronger red than on the actual plant but I do not feel misled.
• Interestingly the label makes a virtue out of the Primula having been grown in the Lake District with a Union flag logo
• ‘Primula Collection’ is the main heading Champagne White Rose is subsidiary but no reference to other items in the collection or who is responsible. (The retailer has put their name on a discount sticker £1 not £2.49.)
• Height and spread 15cmx15cm 6″x6″ (Nothing to get concerned about although the leaves may die back a bit during summer before rejuvenating in autumn).
• ‘Suitable for; plant in sun or shade in fertile, moist but well drained soil’ (well I do not intend drowning or starving the plant just riving it to pieces.)
• Care Water well before planting and until established. (Since it will be late when planted out I will take care to water the plant)