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Primula Vulgaris

Common name: Common Primrose

You will add a splash of colour to your garden with Primula vulgaris - a beautiful, easy-to-grow perennial.

-20°C and below
Scented
Good for Pollinators

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9cm Pots
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Primula vulgaris is a tangy, sweetly scented cottage garden favourite which grows wild in hedgerows, verges and open ground throughout the UK. As a native wildflower, these plants offer you a fantastic opportunity to create a woodland or wildlife habitat within your own boundaries. Primula vulgaris will also thrive in rockeries, baskets and containers - allowing you to add rural charm no matter how large or small your garden is. This clump forming, pollinator friendly native will naturalise in your garden too - bringing pale yellow flowers throughout March to May each year, with foliage lasting from April through to September time. Keep an eye out for special Brimstone butterflies who are drawn this plant's nectar when the emerge in spring. Plant with narcissus and bluebells for a dreamy woodland impact or with dwarf iris and muscari for a more orchestrated effect. In Ireland, primroses are symbolic of eternal love and, if festooned around a doorway, are said to prevent faeries from entering the house.Primula vulgaris prefers moist, humus-rich, well-drained soil in partial shade. A fully hardy herbaceous perennial which reaches a height of 30cm with a spread of 20cm.
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Key Information
Latin Name Primula Vulgaris 9cm Pot
Common Name Common Primrose
Hardiness H7 (-20°C and below)
Colour Yellow
Type Perennial
Format 9cm Pots
Position Part-Shade, Part-Sun
Height in Maturity (m) 0.30
Spread in Maturity (m) 0.20
AGM Yes
Soil Conditions Chalk Clay Loam Sand
Aspect East-facing, North-facing, South-facing, West-facing
Scented Yes
Good for pots Yes
Good for hanging baskets Yes
Good for Rockeries Yes
Good for wildlife Yes
Good for pollinators Yes

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