Description
Primula frondosa is a dwarf, farinose primrose that in the wild habitat grows on cliffs at 900-2000 m altitude, in partly shaded crevices. In the garden it grows very well and multiplies in a shaded, moist location.
It is very hardy and overwinter as tight silvery rosettes, which are very ornamental. You can have a garden walk early in the spring just to look after the silvery buds of this species (and of P. mistassinnica). Very floriferous with umbels of many 30 delicate, pink flowers with a yellow eye.
Sometimes mistaken for P. farinosa (and vice-versa), but P. farinosa has white-farina on both sided of the leaves, and it flowers much later. In P. frondosa the early spring farinose leaves will later remain farinose only beneath.
Germination: sow in very early spring and keep in a cold location for about a month, germination should start with the raise of the temp. in the spring (or bring under light indoors). The only difficulty I would say lays in the fact that the seeds are very fine – take care not to breath hard close to them! Sow superficial – press on top of the mix and cover with perlite, vermiculite or grit; water with care from beneath the pot.
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