![]() Species Index Vol 1 through Vol 34, issue No.This selection, part of the Ornamental class, features large clusters of fragrant, double, bright yellow flowers appearing throughout the spring. Light-green leaves are thick and waxy, forming a low rosette. ![]() Species Index Vol 1 through Vol 34, issue No. (‘Clone 3941’) This is a unique kind of Primrose, totally unlike more commonly grown forms.Propagating Asiatic Primula by Leaf Cuttings.Cultivation and Propagation: Primula vulgaris.Traditional Show Standards for Gold Laced Polyanthus.The Organization of the American Primrose Society.Bringing Primula enthusiasts together since 1941.If you are looking for general flower growing articles, you can check out the Green Pinky Palinuri – of the promontory in southern Italy (Palinurus was the pilot on Aeneas’ ship) This one has bigger blooms in mixed purples blue yellows creams & burgundies with very attractive rounded flat flowers. A recently re-discovered giant form of the very old since 1582 much beloved garden auricula. Bulley, owner of Bees nursery and plant-hunter patron Primula x pubescens 'Gigantea' Primula x pubescens 'Gigantea Select' Gigantea Auricula Primrose Gigantea Primrose plant lust. Here below is a list of a number of our primulas, most of them species plants, and their meanings:īeesiana – named for Bees nursery, Englandīulleyana – named for Mr. ![]() Very often it gives us a clue as to some outstanding characteristic. Primula auricula form distinctive clumps of smooth, pale green, fleshly or leathery leaves which are often heavily powdered. But this one also has a host of common names, Auricula, Mountain Cowslip, Bear’s Ear are but a few. Knowing meanings of names of the plants we grow should be of real interest to all of us. Primula auricula is sometimes known as Primula pubescens. Most of the Primula names refer to a trait of the plant that caught the eye of the one who named it. A Latin version sufficiently accurate to identify this plant should accompany the description and the name should be Latinized. The first person who accurately describes a species and has it printed where it is readily available to the general public, especially to various botanical institutions, has the right to name it. No doubt most of us have wondered just who is responsible for the naming of our plants and why so often they appear so long and complex and seemingly unpronounceable. It was reprinted in the 60th anniversary issue, winter 2002, page 36.) (This article first appeared in the summer 1972 issue of the Primroses Quarterly.
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