Primula firmipes
Primulaceae
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Habitat:
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damp, partly shaded places
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Flowering:
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spring
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Size:
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15
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20
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Soil:
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with plenty of humus
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Price
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£4.00
(9 cm pot)
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Order code:
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PFG-9
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The Sikkimensis section contains first-rate plants for places in the garden that are not too hot and dry, or even are very wet. They die down completely in the winter, but in spring make clumps of rounded leaves in distinct stems. Then the tall flower stems grow, each bearing two or three large whorls of flowers. Each flower is on its own long stem (pedicel), so that they arch outwards and downwards. They are wonderfully scented, and are coloured white, cream, yellow, orange, red, maroon or purple, with the insides often covered in cream powder.
Primula firmipes is a small member of the Sikkimense section, with pretty soft yellow flowers. These are held in loose mopheads of up to eight individual blooms on stems that are covered in a delicate dusting of yellow farina. It is native to the border area linking Tibet, Yunnan, Myanmar and Assam, and although it was introduced to cultivation by George Forrest in 1924, it soon disappeared and has only returned to cultivation within the last decade. It is great for damp areas but will benefit from a mulch of grit to slightly lift the basal leaf rosette.
Other related plants:
Heads of hanging flowers in mixed colours. In Sikkimensis section.
Heads of hanging, white or violet flowers.
Heads of hanging, white flowers.
Heads of hanging, pale yellow flowers.
Lovely form with large, pale mauve-purple flowers.
Heads of hanging, purple flowers. In Sikkimensis section.
Heads of hanging flowers of port wine to purple
One or two large umbels of scented, pale yellow or orange flowers.
Umbels of hanging flowers, probably deep red.
Umbels of hanging flowers, probably yellow or white, possibly deep red.
Umbels of hanging, pale yellow flowers.
Grown from seeds from plants with apricot-coloured flowers.
From Rowaling Himal in Nepal, possibly Primula sikkimensis.
From Nepal, from seed supposedly of Primula stuartii.
Collection from Nepal; hanging, pale yellow, scented flowers.
Collection from Nepal; hanging, pale yellow, scented flowers.
Grown from seeds from red-flowered plants.
Grown from seeds from red-flowered plants.
Collection with a proportion of red-flowered plants.
Large, hanging, pale yellow flowers on shorter stems than in most forms.
Hanging pale yellow flowers on shorter stems than in most forms.
Umbels of hanging, pale yellow flowers.
Umbels of hanging, pale yellow flowers.
Offspring of a red-flowered sikkimensis, with dark red flowers.
Hanging pale yellow flowers.
Umbels of hanging, pale yellow flowers.
Umbels of hanging, pale yellow flowers; from high altitude.
Second generation grown from seeds from red-flowered plants.
Heads of hanging flowers ranging in colour through yellows, pinks and purples.