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14/04/2009 at 19:41

I adore Primulas and have far too many so if you need some plants let me know when you come to Malvern in May

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14/04/2009 at 20:01

I love Primulas, I have a variety in the garden, and am always on the look out for different colour combinations, I am building my stock back up in the new garden, we moved house in April 07. I am thinking of trying a few Auricula's too.

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15/04/2009 at 15:43

I too love primulas and this year the show is stupendous. You have to keep splitting them up either before or just after flowering to keep them going but it is very easy to do. The native primrose seems to be constantly in flower in Bristol - at least the last two years because of the wet summers. Primulas love it damp.

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16/04/2009 at 06:08

what a good idea, we have a small muddy area, i think i may have a go on a smaller scale....

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17/04/2009 at 09:23

could i have one

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17/04/2009 at 20:03

i lov it

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18/04/2009 at 08:01

I've had a peachy,pink daffodil growing in my garden for years. It's never been very robust, & this year only had one bloom. Is this a rarity in the daffodil world?

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18/04/2009 at 15:58

I love primulas too but my garden in Cornwall dries out in summer and the candelabra types don't survive. However I have found one way - I pot up the seedlings and grow them on to flowering size in large pots which I keep standing in Saucers topped up with water through the summer. This has proved fine for P. florindae,P. chungensis, P. japonica and P. pulverulenta and I now have P. bulleyana, vialii and 'Harlow Car Hyb. just into their second year and awaiting pricking out.

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19/04/2009 at 20:17

Something has been nipping the flower heads off my primulas overnight. The flowers are undamaged and left beside the plant, they have been taken off at top of stems just below where the seed pod would develop. Can anybody suggest what may be doing this?

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20/04/2009 at 15:53

Brenda: Could be something like N.Salome (https://www.gardens4you.co.uk/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=27&category_id=55506&flypage=flypage&lang=en&manufacturer_id=0&page=shop.product_details&product_id=100240&vmcchk=1) There are a few pinkish varieties. L Parry; Most probably squirrels or pigeon. Perhaps they use them to impress their girlfriends at this time of year - or else they are either malicious, hungry or curious !!

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21/04/2009 at 16:39

I have had a very poor show of daffodils this year. Lots of green leaves but no flowers. Does anyone know what the problem might be.

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25/04/2009 at 16:10

I am creataing a bog garden and want to put primulas in it. What would be the best ones for that - and can they be grown from seed, it sounds like it might be cheaper than buying lots of plants? The bog garden will be in full sun.

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16/05/2009 at 21:46

I purchased 44 small auricula last autumn and have potted them up .All look healthy plants and i am transferring them to an old sink but they have not flowered this year. Do they need special feed and what else may be wrong?

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22/05/2009 at 11:52

Mary: any of the varieties I mentioned will do and, yes seeds will be much cheaper.

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03/05/2010 at 07:49

I`m a 73 year old male and am hooked on Auriculas. have about 40 named varieties.I recently planted seeds and so far 6 have appeared. My question is how do I look after them?

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28/11/2011 at 18:38

At Kew they've got loads of that sikkimensis with a beautiful japanese iris growing through it, both are sort of lilac-y, I might get a photo of it next time I'm going through because the combinations is tippety-top

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