{"id":8964,"date":"2017-02-26T01:54:17","date_gmt":"2017-02-26T01:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=8964"},"modified":"2017-02-15T09:46:25","modified_gmt":"2017-02-15T09:46:25","slug":"primula-as-alpines-or-pot-plants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/alpine-rockery\/primula-as-alpines-or-pot-plants\/","title":{"rendered":"Primula &#8211; Alpines and Pot Plants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Primula is a genus with over 500 species and numerous hybrids, divided into 30+ sections.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Primula seiboldii blue japan by brianpettinger, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/4282091831\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2681\/4282091831_8ffca4a07b.jpg\" alt=\"Primula seiboldii blue japan\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Primulas all have flowers with 5 rounded petals like our own primrose Primula vulgaris. The cowslips, Primula elatior, flowers in simple umbels and the candelabras in rising tiers of umbels.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Primula 'E L Bolton' by brianpettinger, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/4458922399\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2710\/4458922399_72aebe90a9.jpg\" alt=\"Primula 'E L Bolton'\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>European Primulas<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>These plant s are hardy and most will succeed in any well drained gritty soil with plenty of humus.<\/li>\n<li>All are spring flowering except Primula auricula, marginata, rubra and viscosa.<\/li>\n<li>Although most like an open sunny position care must be taken to avoid drying out in too much sunshine.<\/li>\n<li>With only a few exceptions the Primulas tolerate or even welcome lime.<\/li>\n<li>Some varieties die back to a resting bud during summer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"Primula allianii Joan Hughes by brianpettinger, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/4459704076\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4003\/4459704076_6b5fd64495.jpg\" alt=\"Primula allianii Joan Hughes\" width=\"480\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Asiatic Primulas<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Many of the candelabras are Asiatic in origin and grow strongly often\u00c2\u00a0 reaching 18-24&#8243; tall.<\/li>\n<li>In addition to well drained gritty soil with plenty of humus, they like a cool half shady position.<\/li>\n<li>These Primulas tend to grow well in the north of England and Scotland.<\/li>\n<li>The rosette forming plants are beautiful but some of the smaller species have exacting requirements.<\/li>\n<li>The need to cover some rosettes through winter make these Primulas good alpine house plants.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"Primula Hirstwood Midnight by brianpettinger, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/4520998121\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2740\/4520998121_f604bb3f1b.jpg\" alt=\"Primula Hirstwood Midnight\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>American Primulas<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>North America is the third region\u00c2\u00a0 for wild Primulas and the sparsest for varieties.<\/li>\n<li>Primula angustifolia from the Rocky Mountains is small and mat forming. They are very suitable for pots in the alpine house.<\/li>\n<li>Pans of Primula ellisiae need plenty of water during the growing season.<\/li>\n<li>Primula suffrutescens is almost shrubby but is not hard to grow in sandy scree.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"Small alpine house primula by brianpettinger, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/4529158006\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4027\/4529158006_cd97555441.jpg\" alt=\"Small alpine house primula\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Links and Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.auriculaandprimula.org.uk\/\">The National Primula and Auricula Society<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.primulaworld.com\/PWweb\/index.shtml\">Primula World<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wilkin94.fsnet.co.uk\/shows.html\">Primula flower shows<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.americanprimrosesociety.org\/\">American Primrose Society<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.users.totalise.co.uk\/~viv.pugh\/primula_gallery.html\">Primrose Gallery<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.primulaklub.dk\/\">Danish Primula Society<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.popsplants.co.uk\/index.php\">Pop&#8217;s Plants<\/a> holders of 4 national Collections of Primula Auriculas<\/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=primula\"> More Primula seeds from Thompson &amp; Morgan<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Books<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0713487283\/richardpettin-21\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.amazon.com\/images\/P\/0713487283.01.MZZZZZZZ.jpg\" alt=\"Book Cover\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Primula A J Richards<\/p>\n<p>Auriculas for Everyone<br \/>\nMary A. Robinson.<br \/>\nGMC Publications.<br \/>\nISBN 1-86108-149-9<br \/>\n\u00c2\u00a314.50 plus \u00c2\u00a32.50 p&amp;p<\/p>\n<p>Auriculas<br \/>\nG.Baker &amp; P.Ward<br \/>\nB.T.Batsford Ltd.<br \/>\nISBN 0-7134-7366-5<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/187067362X\/richardpettin-21\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.amazon.com\/images\/P\/187067362X.01.MZZZZZZZ.jpg\" alt=\"Book Cover\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Auricula: History, Cultivation and Varieties Allan Guest<\/p>\n<p>Auriculas &#8211; Their Care and Cultivation<br \/>\nB.Hyatt Cassell, London.<br \/>\nISBN 0-304-34070-7<\/p>\n<p>See also <a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/alpine-rockery\/vitaliana-primuliflora-and-its-other-names\/\">Vitaliane primuliflora<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Primula is a genus with over 500 species and numerous hybrids, divided into 30+ sections. Primulas all have flowers with 5 rounded petals like our own primrose Primula vulgaris. The cowslips, Primula elatior, flowers in simple umbels and the candelabras in rising tiers of umbels. European Primulas These plant s are hardy and most will succeed in any well drained gritty soil with plenty of humus. All are spring flowering except Primula auricula, marginata, rubra and viscosa. Although most like&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/alpine-rockery\/primula-as-alpines-or-pot-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":[188,256],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alpine-rockery","category-primulas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8964","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=8964"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8964\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}