baby primrose

Also known as: fairy primrose

An erect, rosette-forming evergreen perennial, often grown as an annual, with frilly-margined, downy leaves to 10cm long. In winter and spring, single or double flowers in shades of purple, pink or white are borne in whorls of decreasing size up slender stems to 45cm. Grow in a cool or temperate greenhouse, or as a houseplant

Scientific classification

Species: baby primrose (Primula malacoides)
Genus: Primula
Family: Primulaceae

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Toxicity: Annual Biennial · Conservatory Greenhouse · Houseplants
Plant type: 0.1-0.5 metres
Height: 0.1-0.5 metres
Spread: Evergreen
Foliage: Columnar upright
Habit: Spring · Summer · Autumn · Winter
Season of interest: Full sun · Partial shade
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Distribution of baby primrose

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China

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Quick identification of baby primrose

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baby primrose care guide

Moderate regular watering, allowing brief slight drying between soakings
Watering: Full sun · Partial shade
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Watering

Moderate regular watering, allowing brief slight drying between soakings

Fertilizing

Balanced perennial feed every four weeks from spring through summer

Pruning

Deadhead to extend flowering

Propagation

Propagate by seed sown in summer for flowering plants the following winter. Surface sow onto moist, well-drained seed compost

Growing

Grow on plants in a potting mix of 4 parts loam-based compost and 1 part each grit and leaf mould. Position in bright, filtered light in a cool room and mist plants daily

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