Vial's primrose
Also known as: orchid primrose; red-hot poker primrose
A rosette-forming herbaceous perennial to 40cm, with hairy, oblong-lanceolate leaves and erect stems with a terminal conical spike of light violet flowers 1cm in width, opening from red buds
Scientific classification
- Species
- Vial's primrose (Primula vialii)
- Genus
- Primula
- Family
- Primulaceae
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- Toxicity
- Herbaceous Perennial · Bogs
- Plant type
- 0.1-0.5 metres
- Height
- 0.1-0.5 metres
- Spread
- Deciduous
- Foliage
- Clump forming
- Habit
- Spring · Summer · Autumn
- Season of interest
- Full sun · Partial shade
- Sunlight
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- Ideal temperature
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Distribution of Vial's primrose
Distribution map
Southwestern China
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Culture
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Toxicity
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Quick identification of Vial's primrose
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Vial's primrose care guide
- Moderate regular watering, allowing brief slight drying between soakings
- Watering
- Full sun · Partial shade
- Sunlight
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- Ideal temperature
Watering
Moderate regular watering, allowing brief slight drying between soakings
Fertilizing
FertilizingBalanced perennial feed every four weeks from spring through summer
Pruning
PruningCut back after flowering
Propagation
PropagationPropagate by division in early spring or propagate by seed sown from autumn to spring
Growing
GrowingGrow in deep moist or moist but well-drained neutral to acid, humus-rich soil in full sun or partial shade
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Common pests and diseases
Diseases
Generally disease-free
Pests
May be susceptible to aphids, vine weevil, slugs, leaf and bud eelworms and glasshouse red spider mite
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