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 sikkimensis red-flowered are descended from a red-flowered plant of Primula sikkimensis, but we believe that these are hybrids of the red-flowered plant with another, unknown Primula. They are smaller than typical sikkimensis, but have the same shape of leaf. The flowers are usually an attractive dark red when they first open, and the colour then fades, so that the farina inside the flowers becomes dominant.