My Primula Auricula

what a lovely collection and such pretty colours,

Hi Yorks,. Thanks very much.

just sent you PM

ok

lovely - like the Lincoln bullion the most - all very nice though

Many thanks Paul

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The`re real little beauties, think my favourite is forest glade.

They are very pretty :-))

Thanks Stroller, yes Forest Glade is lovely.

Thanks Sharnford

Lovely set of pics Cinders :o)

They are lovely Cinders,are they the ones the old fellas used to display on staging and become very competetive about?

Beautiful Cinders!

Thank you Terra.

Pamg, I think they are. They went out of fashion for a while, but I think their popularity is increasing again now. There are shows especially for them I know. I think Bjs could probably tell us more.

Thank you Nana.

They're beautiful. I was actually thinking of starting a collection myself .... ( have I said that before ? lol ...)

Hi Hywel, yes you did say you were going to start a collection. We shall be able to swap notes then won't we. lol :o))

They are wonderful, Cinders ... for your next garden project I think you should make one of those Auricula theatres ... you know where the plants are displayed in small terracotta pots on shelves? ... It'll keep you out of trouble ... lol! ... :o)))

Oh Shirley, I have no room for anything else, although my friend Alan has promised to make me some brackets to fit over a wall so that I can make a trough into a small gravel garden for the alpine ones.

I like the sound of that ... good to have friends with DIY skills ... send him round when he's free! ... :o)

Fab collection Cinders

Its ok, but I sometimes I have to wait a long time for it. !!!! Pity we live so far away.....

Thank you Sheila.

Gosh they are pretty , Lovely :)

Pleased you like them Sue

Wow they are georgous, Love the first one.

Many thanks Willinilli.

There are four main shows London, Birmingham Manchester and Bristol which is the one i used to run.Any one wanting to visit should check dates now as they all take place in April.Google Auricula societies and the information will be there,I am out of touch with dates.
There are a few smaller ones as well.

Thanks Brian.

very nice Cinderella, i do like the auricula's you can get some fabulous shades of colour.... great pics..

Cinders. It occured to me if you ever want to see the one i described as Bristol, would suit you as it is out of Bristol on the Bath side at a place called Saltford.Likely it is saturday week 21st

Thanks Surreylad. Appreciate your comments, and I agree there are some lovely colours.

Thanks for that Brian, where can I find the details of that. I will look on the Auricula Society website. Not sure if I will be able to get there tho as I have to get someone to take me at the moment. Hoping to get to Pops Plants Open Day the week after.

You are building up a delightful collection, OH has collected them for many years, most of them died, the specials are not any good for the borders, but we still have a few of the ordinary ones going.....

DD when I came to yours I bought a large one in a pot that your OH didnt know what colour it was. I divided it up and planted them out not knowing what colours I had. So some of them are from yours, but I did have some already. I am very pleased with them all this year.

Wow Cinders I like them all .

But Forest Glade, Lincoln Bullion and Powder Puffs.

Cinderella here is another site.

http://angusplants.co.uk/

Thanks Scotkat, have just looked at the link, certainly a lovely selection there,

Yes they have I was there last night and we were interested in the Aricula Theatre so chap was showing my H his portable aricula theatre.

So is your H going to make you one ?

Cinders
Would not hazard a guess at Auriculas but your last picture looks the same as the one I posted yesterday
Primula Marginata 'White Linda Pope' it is as far as i can see identical to another one called 'White Lady'so take your pick.
think i was half asleep the first time I looked at them.

So it is Brian. Yours though if anything looks a little more white than mine, but apart from that looks the same. Showing my ignorance now, but is an auricula different from Primula Marginata ? I feel sure I must have had a label for it when I bought it, but must have lost it somewhere in transit.