Primroses

Primroses have belonged to the English people for centuries. Queen Victoria’s tribute at the death of her prime minister, Disraeli, was a wreath of primroses.  Their journey to popularity in

Today the polyantha primrose is the best known, most permanent, and even-tempered of the primula tribe.  Our present-day strains have resulted from crossing the common Eng­lish primrose, Primula acaulis, with

The lush Polyanthus primroses from West Coast breeders had been so impressive in the garden that two years ago, I decided to try them in my greenhouse for late winter

To me, primroses are the real aristocrats of those plants that bloom in the earliest spring. They are wonderful when massed in a bed or border.  Even when just one

May, Traditionally a laughing month, is never more cheerful than in the cool shadows of a spacious backyard in Cheshire, Connecticut.  Not until visitors reach the end of the driveway

This charming winter-blooming plant was introduced into England in about 1820, where it was first grown as a tender garden plant. Later, improved forms of the Chinese primrose were developed

One of the most familiar signs of spring is the Primula Vulgaris ‘Grandiflora,’ a semi-evergreen perennial that is first to bloom and provide a burst of vivid colors in gardens,

Many flower families are of more general importance in the rock garden than the evening primrose. However, few individual species furnish more lively color than some of the members of

Primulas are the natural aristocrats of all the spring flowers that gladden the eye, or so it seems to me. This is no suggestion that daffodils, tulips, scillas, and other

The very first days of Spring bring into bloom those appealing members of the primrose family called the Juliana hybrids. They are so named after their parent, Primula juliae, a