{"id":8287,"date":"2010-08-07T01:42:03","date_gmt":"2010-08-07T08:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=8287"},"modified":"2012-04-08T02:39:41","modified_gmt":"2012-04-08T09:39:41","slug":"buying-primroses-and-rosebud-primrose-plants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/buying-primroses-and-rosebud-primrose-plants\/","title":{"rendered":"Buying Primroses and Rosebud Primrose Plants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4063\/4517507952_0e414bb38b.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The mail order catalogues and newspapers are carrying lots of adverts for plug plants. Pansies, Violas and <strong>Primroses<\/strong> seem the most popular offerings and will give a good show next spring.<\/p>\n<h3>Rosebud Primroses<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Some plants have captured the imagination of growers and this year it certainly applies to Rosebud Primroses.<\/li>\n<li>These double Primroses have a sweet fragrance when you get close to the flowers.<\/li>\n<li>The display is generally in a vivid mixture of colours including warm shades.<\/li>\n<li>They flower in late Autumn and early Spring.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.awin1.com\/cread.php?awinmid=2283&amp;awinaffid=81944&amp;clickref=&amp;p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thompson-morgan.com\/plants1\/search.html?section=all&amp;search=primroses=&amp;lbc=thompson-morgan&amp;uid=557154991&amp;ts=custom&amp;w=Pansy&amp;af=&amp;isort=score&amp;method=and&amp;view=plaintext&amp;cnt=300\">Thompson &amp; Morgan<\/a> search for seeds and plants<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tandmpics.com\/240\/8\/88099.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Plug Plant Sizes and Tips<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Large plugs arrive when the plants are 4&#8243; tall with several healthy leaves. They are often packed in 24&#8217;s.<\/li>\n<li>Small plugs are often just better than germinated seedlings. Usually packed in larger quantities, 120&#8217;s, for growing on.<\/li>\n<li>Medium plugs may be 2-3&#8243; high plants depending on supplier.<\/li>\n<li>If you can give better conditions by potting up the plugs and growing them on then do so.<\/li>\n<li>If you are going to grow in containers or window boxes you may want to plant them directly into there final home.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Primrose Growing Tips<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Primroses tend to flower on short stems. Polyanthus have longer stems and more delicate flowers.<\/li>\n<li>Primroses can have masses of flowers on one plant and will provide a splash of colour if planted in neutral or slightly acid soil.<\/li>\n<li>Double Primroses like a partially shaded position and large quantities of organic matter.<\/li>\n<li>Rosebud Primroses do not set seed, but the plant will keep producing blooms in an effort to set seed.<\/li>\n<li>Strong flowering exhausts the plant and they need\u00c2\u00a0 extra feeding and watering with a weak solution of high potash or tomato fertiliser from when buds first appear.<\/li>\n<li>Pick some\u00c2\u00a0 blooms for the house as they keep well in water.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Spring flowering Primroses are plants I am happy to buy mail order. They are easier and more reliable than growing from seed. The choice is improving although if you want a particular variety you will have to DIY.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The mail order catalogues and newspapers are carrying lots of adverts for plug plants. Pansies, Violas and Primroses seem the most popular offerings and will give a good show next spring. Rosebud Primroses Some plants have captured the imagination of growers and this year it certainly applies to Rosebud Primroses. These double Primroses have a sweet fragrance when you get close to the flowers. The display is generally in a vivid mixture of colours including warm shades. They flower in&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/buying-primroses-and-rosebud-primrose-plants\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-flowers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8287\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}