One of the most rewarding European primula for cultivation, Primula marginata can be grown outside on the rock garden or a raised bed or in a trough, or grown under glass as a plant for showing. The thick stem branches frequently, so that the plant makes a dome of fleshy, toothed leaves, lightly covered with farina. Flower stems hold the heads of lavender flowers above the foliage.

Primula marginata var. maritima In spring it produces umbels of pretty mauve flowers with mealy eyes.