code: 567
Pyrenees at heights up to 12,000 feet
Family: Primulaceae
Plant Classification: Hardy perennial
Minimum Height: 8 cm
Maximum Height: 12 cm
Purple-pink flowers open on short stems above rosettes of fleshy, hairy, sharply-toothed leaves in early spring. These lovely primulas grow in the Alps and Pyrenees at heights up to 12,000 feet. This is the true wild species from which so many different cultivars have been developed.
Sowing advice:
Primula seeds may be sown at any time onto a loam-based compost, barely cover so that around 50% are still visible. Best germination temperatures are between 10 and 15 degrees C. (e.g. a cool, northerly window sill) PLEASE NOTE: Temperatures exceeding 15 C can prevent germination, and above 20 C expect very little germination as most seeds will go dormant as a protective measure. Germination takes between 3 to 6 weeks, sometimes taking much longer.
Plant Description:
| Life Cycle: | Perennial |
| Basic Colour: | (pink / salmon) |
| Flower Colour: | carmine-rose/lilac-rose |
| Natural Flowering Period: | April – May |
| Foliage: | simple, rhombic, serrate, basal |
| Growth Habit: | rosettes-forming / clumping |
| Soil Requirements: | avoid lime / moist / acidic / well-drained / rocky |
| Usage: | for the rock garden |
