Early Primulas

AMAZING AMAZING AMAZING

Have nominated your primulas Brian

What a lovely sight to see, love them all!!!

Stunning and what a wonderful assortment you have.

They are all lovely Brian and we could never tire of seeing them, you do have a lot to care for, how often do you have to repot them....

Wow, Brian .. soooooooooooooo pretty !!!

Amazing selection Bjs. It is a treat to see them all.

Incredible! So pretty! What a treat, thanks Brian!!

What a fantastic collection!

Brian - they are so pretty - do you keep them under cover all year? - are they in your alpine house or on staging outside in a sheltered position ? sorry for all the questions also how often do you repot them - but then I suppose some are more vigorous than others - lovely shots - Jane

Jane they live in the alpine house all year round from April to early September when it is quite heavily shaded then it all comes off for about seven months.
The potting is often yearly with small plants and Bi yearly for most in 4/6in pots that is as large as I want to grow them these days, when they were shown I would have them growing in 9in clay pots which are weighty without the soil.

They deserve an open day all by themselves.

Blimey, that lot must keep you busy Brian

Andrew been busy all my life but no more work these days so more time with the plants ,That's only one side of one glass house you see.

I daren't ask.....

Beautiful primula's so nicely displayed

I've been doing some reading on pineyed and thrumeyed......I see you have both, isn't mother nature wonderful x

Pam What do you have in mind pollinating ?, it is generally accepted way of pollinating them transferring the pollen from the thrum to the pin as soon as the stigma is sticky,I don't know if you are aware that the stamens on a pin flower develop until they come in contact with stigma and self pollinate as a last resort.
Interbreeding not recommended although it often works perfectly well.

I was reading that the insects transfer from pin to thrum or vice versa as the pollen is at different heights. ....fascinating

I went out looking at mine!

Yes that's right as I said all about preventing self pollination, It applies to most flowers the male and female part normally do not become receptive at the same time

Wow, what a beautiful sight, absolutely stunning.

This is a lovely colourful blog to view on a grey Monday ... thanks for sharing those gorgeous blooms.

Shirley you are very welcombe