Other Asiatics

P.vialii

P. vialii is perhaps the most easily recognisable of the common primulas. Its mauve flowers are held in a crowded spike about 6 - 8 inches long on a foot high stem. The calyces are a brilliant red. A spike in bud is red, but as the flowers open a striking contrast is revealed between the mauve base and the red apex. Flowers in July.

Mixed Denticulatas

A mixture of white, deep purple, red-purple and lavender shades.

P.capitata ssp. mooreana

A lovely species with an inflorescence rather like a smaller, flattened denticulata. The scented flowers are a deep violet-blue on 6-8 inch stems. The whole plant is covered with a white meal which gives it a silvery, delicate look. Flowering starts in May and is at its most profuse in June, but odd flowers appear into the autumn.

P. modesta

As the name suggests, a modest little plant but with lots of charm to grow in a stone trough or rockery. A mixture of mauve or white flowers, flowers in May, up to 10 cm.

P.involucrata (P.munroi)

The intensity of perfume given by this little plant is always a surprise! Delicate white flowers, sometimes tinted with blue or pink, on stems of up to 30 cm. They originally come from moist Alpine meadows. Flowering May.

P.cernua.

Hard to believe that this striking plant comes from the same family as the common primrose. A spike of startling blue/violet flowers which can grow up to 40 cm. May – July. Dislikes very wet conditions in winter.