Primula

PRIMULA It was a miserably hot summer and we still did fairly well with many of the primulas, the ones with no heat tolerance suffered a painful death, Darwinian selection for desert life. Reidii died of course, and the petiolarids never got past the cotyledon stage. The growable ones are indispensable plants for the shade garden, blooming from spring until it gets too hot in the summer, most species like it on the cool side, and many will re-bloom in fall when it cools off. If you have any interest at all, we urge you to get a copy of Richard's book on the genus; its wonderful. We do however have a number of exciting new plants in the auricula section to offer, allionii again fared much better than florindae and japonica. I have concluded that allionii is far easier then the literature would lead you to believe, they survive summer heat better than many species that are considered easy. I would urge you to try a few; they make beautiful trough or pan subjects.