Penny’s Primulas are the UK’s National Collection holder for Primula sieboldii. We ship potted plants not seeds so you receive exactly what you order.
Primula sieboldii
Our ‘starter packs’ have proved to be popular in previous years. We offer three different named cultivars, chosen by us, for £20.00 including post and packaging. We will try to provide a good range of cultivar types. No more than 3 starter collections per order (ie nine different named cultivars), please.
Primula sieboldii
Palest pink semi-double cultivar of Primula sieboldii. New to our collection in 2015. Our collection semi-double sieboldii all exhibit a variable trait on the extent of the double-petalling. In good weather years the flowers will show the double nature. In poor weather seasons the flowers will often revert to single blooms for the year. This [...]
Primula sieboldii
Small flowered, deep pink with white spots at the centre. Narrow, notched flat snowflake petals. Sourced from Japan, the name translates as “Red Dragonfly”. A very attractive Sakurasu which dates from the late 1800s.
Primula sieboldii
Blue backed and blue shaded white faced thrum. Slender, flat tending to grasp-blooming petals. A floribund and reliable Primula sieboldii cultivar, which dates from the early 1800s in Japan.
Primula sieboldii
Wave blooming, overlap petalled thrum. Pure white flowers. Tends to be lower growing that normal and one of the later to come into flower. One of our first cultivars, from Martin Nest Nurseries and a very neat and attractive Primula sieboldii.
Primula sieboldii
Flat blooming, sleder petalled pin. Deeply cut narrow pure white flowers with occasional streaks of green. This Primula sieboldii cultivar dates back to the late 1700s of the Edo Period in Japan and is prized for the green variegation on the petals. The name translates as “Flute of Green Leaves”.
Primula sieboldii
Flat blooming, slender petalled thrum. White centred pink flowers. Petals slender to the centre, with rounded, bilobed edges.
Primula sieboldii
Flat blooming, slender petalled thrum. Flushed pink flowers, darker towards the centre of the flower. Sourced from Japan by Martin Nest Nurseries, the name translates as “Morning Sun on the Beach”. A very nice sakurasu, which looks very good in the evening light.
Primula sieboldii
Flat blooming, overlap petalled pin. White flowers with pale pink suffused reverse. The cultivar name derives from the river in Saitama, central Japan.
Primula sieboldii
Flat blooming, notch petalled pin. Deep pink flowers with white suffused centre. Deep pink reverse. A very reliable cultivar, which was raised on our nursery in 2007 and named after one of Penny’s cats (which looked like the Felix cat).
Primula sieboldii
Wave blooming, cherry blossom petalled pin. White flowers with pale blue suffusion and pale blue reverse. Like many of the ‘blue’ cultivars, this tends to flower later in the season. We do not know the origins of this very pretty compact sakurasu cultivar, which we sourced in 2005.
Primula sieboldii
Blue hinted pink flower with white central suffusion. Overlapping cherry-blossom petals. This Primula sieboldii cultivar was raised by Alan Bloom and was kindly provided to us for our national collection by his family.