The Oreophlomis section includes Primula rosea and some relatives, and their hybrids. They are lovely spring flowers, all in shades of pink, for cool and damp places, benefitting from being divided every few years, in which case they will soon increase substantially. The leaves of most kinds are bronze when they first emerge in spring.

Primula rosea is one of the earliest primulas to flower, and its bright rose pink flowers look lovely against the emerging foliage, which is bronze coloured at that time. Later the flower and then seed stems lengthen, as the leaves become green.