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subdivision ALEURITIA
This section bear minor , often farinose , plants that inhabit marshes or stream beds . They are excellent subjects for manger , planters , or shady stone garden . The flowers mayhap lilac-colored , pink , rose , or white . Many have a brief life cycle and can be propagate easily by division or seed .
ARMERINA
These species are without farina , usually small , moisture and shade - sleep with . In nature , they grow in hayfield and bogs and will not suffer drouth conditions . They can be propagate best by fresh seed and air division .
AUGANTHUS
These rhizomatous , evergreen plants often have lobed leaves with distinguishable petioles . The most common , P. sinensis , is not hardy in winter frost area . primrose sinensis has classifiable , cowl - shaped calyces .
AURICULA
This part contains leathery - leaved , evergreen plant alpine plants which , when not in efflorescence , are often mistaken for succulents . Many are commonly grown in a moist section of the rock garden . Some of the exhibition auricula hybrid have been cherished by gardener for centuries . Propagation is by starting time or seed .
CAPITATAE
As the name imply , the flowers are check in impenetrable school principal - like umbels . Plant part are generally farinose and hirsute . White farina dusting the glum purple flower bring to the charm of these belated - blossom plants . Plants call for partial shade with adequate summertime moisture and good drain . Propagate by fresh germ or division after flowering .
CORTUSOIDES
These timberland species are deciduous , or rarely evergreen , with soft , hairy foliage . The stems check umbel of white-hot , pinkish or purple flowers well above the leave-taking . Some metal money , likeP. sieboldii , can be found in a wide assortment of efflorescence coloration and form . Easy to cultivate , they can be propagated by seed or division as the leaves emerge in the spring .
palmata HPpolyneurasaxatilissieboldiisieboldii saltation
Ladies , white w / rose , lilac or pink rearward sieboldii Galaxie ( Winter Dreams , Pago - pago , Manakoora , Dancing Ladies , & Tah - ni mix ) sieboldii
Manakoora , light & mid blues , violets sieboldii mix sieboldii
Pago - pago , mix of rose & red sieboldii Tah - ni , mix of heavily fringed formssieboldii , Winter Dreams , white
CRYSTALLOPHLOMIS
These tall , courtly plant life inhabit wet meadow , screen , or bogs .
The species are deciduous , forming large winter resting bud . They do best in a cool summertime climate , but the vigorous root scheme needs good drainage during wet wintertime months . Propagate by seed or partitioning .
CUNEIFOLIA
This department contains small , alpine tundra industrial plant with shiny greenish , dentate leaves . Flowers , typically whitened , pink or rose , are held above the folio rosettes in generous umbels . They are best grown in fond shade in pots or troughs in a well - drain , peaty soil mix , with some aegis against wintertime moisture . Propagate by seed , division or cut .
DENTICULATA
This is the “ Drumstick Primula ” division . These robust perennial send high-strung , spherical flower guide early in the spring . florescence often fall out just as the long , leathery leafage are emerge from a winter resting bud . Easy to cultivate , most species can thrive in any soil consideration , provided they do not dry out out in the summer . Plants can be propagated by seed , air division or source cuttings .
MONOCARPICAE
As the name implies , these species often flower only once . The most common , P. malacoides , is a popular plant for a nerveless greenhouse or conservatory . Not hardy in insensate mood , they are often used as an early bloom , bedding plant in warmer areas . The haired leaves with farina on the underside combined with cloud of purple , come up , lavender , pink or white
flower make an attractive container flora . They can be easily grow from source .
MUSCARIOIDES
These short - lived perennial contain some of the most spectacular and unusual primulas . In nature , they are found in soaked meadow as the C. P. Snow retire . All have deciduous basal leaves and spikes or dim heads of lowly , usually fragrant , flower . P. vialiiresembles a red-faced - spicy poker with ruddy calyces and blue violet flowers giving the appearance of a naughty poker game with a red tip . It flowers later than most primrose . All species are propagated from cum or division .
OREOPHLOMIS
These small to average - sized perennials bloom very early in the spring . Above smooth - textured , notched leafage rises a stalk of undimmed rose pink , yellow - eyed flush . The leaf continue to elongate as the flower time of year progresses . The most unremarkably develop coinage , P. rosea , is best grown in a fertile , fuddled soil that does not dry out in the summer . Propagation is by the naval division as it occur into spring increase or by ejaculate .
PRIMULA
The well screw of the primula surgical incision , this one includes the common primrose ( P. vulgaris ) , the cowslip ( P. veris ) and the paigle ( P. elatior ) as well as many horticultural important hybrids . Easy to grow in fertile , water - retentive land , they can be free - florescence and long - lived . Most are wintertime intrepid , by should not be permit to dry out in the summer . Propagation is by division after florescence or by seed .
Juliae intercrossed HPJuliana hybrid , Footlight
Parade , stalk pink to raspberry to salmonJuliana hybrid mix , haunt sensationalistic & red‘New Garryards ’ HPPick & Mix , some HP Pick & Mix ( hosepipe - in - hosepipe , juliae hybrid , amber - laced , double , ‘ Cowichan ’ , etc . )
x polyanthax polyantha , near whitePolyanthus , Barnhaven Hybrid mixPolyantus , ‘ Cowichan ’ , amethystPolyanthus , ‘ Cowichan ’ , blue
Polyanthus , ‘ Cowichan ’ , garnetPolyanthus , ‘ Cowichan ’ mixPolyanthus , ‘ Cowichan ’ , Venetian ( hot pink & strawberry mark reds)Polyanthus , ‘ Cowichan ’ , yellowPolyanthus , Daybreak , dark stemmed whites & pinks
Polyanthus , Au - lace , dark ground HPPolyanthus , amber - laced , good red priming coat HPPolyanthus , Gold - laced , x PolyanthusPolyanthus coalesce
Polyanthus , Muted Victorians , lilac , violet , dark , buff
Polyanthus , Old Rose VictoriansPolyanthus , Striped Victorians , blue & violetPolyanthus , Valentine Victorians , pinks w/ whitened centers
PROLIFERAE & HYBRIDS
Earlier cite the Candelabra Section , the flower appear in helix on grandiloquent stalks . These rich perennials are easy to turn in a moist , fertile grime that does not dry out . They make excellent bog or streamside planting that flower in May and June . The flower are very attractive to hummingbirds and butterflies . reckon on the species , the flowers can be find in almost every semblance except downhearted . Propagation is by partitioning as they come into growing or by seeded player .
rich goldCandelabra , Ceperly Hybrids , peach w / yellow eyeCandelabra ,
Ceperly Hybrids , pink w / yellow eyeCandelabra hybrid , mixed
candelabrum , whitechungensis bulleyana hybrid , Ceperley Strain ,
pastel shade x bulleesiana hybridsbulleyana , orange / jaundiced
burmanica helodoxajaponica , fuchsiajaponica ‘ Glowing ember ’
japonica ‘ Mandarin Red’japonica ‘ Millers ’ Crimson’japonica ,
pink mottled w / whitejaponica ‘ Postford White’japonica , white
japonica , white / pink , glum redpoissonii ( isolated)prenantha
pulverulentawilsonii , white
SIKKIMENSIS
Small to very robust , deciduous perennials are found in this Himalayan section . Their natural home ground is a monsoon mood in bogs , alpine meadows or along streamsides . The large and most commonly develop coinage ( P. florindae , P. sikkimensis , P. alpicola ) are fantabulous option for the bog garden or along streams . The sensationalistic , fragrant , farinose bloom ofP. florindaeandP. sikkimensisare give in umbel on stems from 12 to 30 inches improbable making a striking instruction in a semi - shady position . broadcast by partitioning or come .
florindaeflorindae , mixedflorindae , orangeflorindae , orange - redflorindae , redsecundiflorasikkimensiswaltonii
SOLDANELLOIDES
With flowers like a very fragrant soldanella , these plants are exceedingly beautiful but somewhat difficult to grow . The bell - shape white or lavender flowers are very enceinte in comparison to the small stature of the works . They are usually grown in containers with a humusy , but well - drained land mix that is watered regularly in the summertime , but kept almost dry in the winter . The container should be set in a nerveless , semi - fly-by-night location during the summertime . They are well propagated by semen .
SPHONDYLIA
The species in this part are not sturdy in colder climates .
However , they make excellent container plants in a cool elbow room or conservatory .
The bright yellow flowers appear from December to April above leaves often cover with a white meal . A peat - based soil should be kept rather ironic during the winter and moister during the summer months . Hybridization of two of these species gave wage increase to the popularP. x kewensis . Propagation is primarily by seed .
SREDINSKYA
Some expert list this monospecific group as a disjoined genus ; one source classes it as a subgenus and section of primula . Primulagrandis has pale yellow , nodding , urn - shape flowers with a mode that broaden beyond the flower petal . An umbel contain large numbers of flowers overstep a sturdy stalk about 30 inch tall . The basal leafage are rounded with a heart - shaped al-Qaida . These plant require adequate moisture , nutrient , and a cool , partially shady location . Propagation is primarily by seed .
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