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Category Archives: rock gardening
Primulas in 2022
A late-winter look back at some of the best and most interesting primroses of last spring and summer. — Below, three Primulas new to my garden: tiny Primula scotica, yellow Primula luteola, and leafy Primula palmata. P palmata survived one … Continue reading
Posted in alpine garden, alpines, auriculas, primroses from seed, primula, Primulaceae, rock gardening, spring flowers
Tagged alpine garden, alpine Primulas, auriculas, growing primulas, hardy Cyclamen, Juliana Primroses, primroses, primula cultivation, primulas, show and fancy auriculas
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Auriculas of 2018, Part 3, Best of the Rest
This is #7 Auricula Field, or Apple Field, planted in 2018. Three seedlings flowered in their first year, a rare occurence; one of them is blooming in the distance (top right). A fourth, a very tantalizingly dark red self, was … Continue reading
Posted in alpines, auriculas, primula, rock gardening
Tagged auriculas, primroses, Primula auricula
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Auriculas of 2018, Part 2, Named Cultivars
In 2019, I am going to move some named cultivars into shadier spots, or bring shade to the spots they’re already in, hoping then more of them will bloom. A normal spring, or closer to normal than 2018’s, would also … Continue reading
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Tagged auriculas, primroses, Primula auricula
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Primulas of 2017: Small European Alpines
These are species and hybrids from within the same Primula section as Primula auricula. Many of the hybrids have some auricula heritage but are smaller than garden aurculas and may show a greater resemblance to other parents. A couple of … Continue reading
Primula Friends & Relations, 2016
One more post and then we’ll move on to 2017’s pictures. These are other plants in Primulaceae. And following them, some other good plants that grow well here. Douglasia montana (Androsace montana) may be the most photographed plant in the … Continue reading
Posted in Cyclamen, Primulaceae, rock gardening, spring flowers, summer flowers
Tagged gentians, Soldanella, spring bulbs
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Primrose Fields 