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.
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Primula sieboldii
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Pure white pin with a rose pink centre and red flower stem. Slender bi-lobed flat-faced petals The cultivar name translates as “Faint Bullseye”
Primula sieboldii
Dec 2021
Cultivar from Japan. White snowflake with edges stained pink. Pretty.
Primula sieboldii
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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
Dec 2021
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
Dec 2021
Sourced from Japan, this cultivar dates back to the late 1800s and is a deep pink deeply notched snowflake form. The name translates as “Morning Sun”
Primula sieboldii
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Flat blooming, slender petalled thrum. Flushed pink flowers, darker towards the centre of the flower. Sourced from Japan by Martin Nest Nurseries. A very nice sakurasu, which looks very good in the evening light. The name translates as “Morning Sun on the Shore”.
Primula sieboldii
Dec 2021
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
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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.
Primula sieboldii
Dec 2021
Flat blooming, cherry blossom petalled thrum. Pale pink flowers, with pale pink reverse. Tends to be one of the later and profuse flowering Primula sieboldii cultivars. We do not know the origins of this cultivar, which we obtained in 2007.
Primula sieboldii
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Bright pink thrum with flat, snowflake petals. This Primula sieboldii cultivar can ‘sport’ but our source plant tends not to. This cultivar is a relatively recent introduction from the late twentieth century. The name translates as “Informal Meeting”
Primula sieboldii
Dec 2021
This Primula sieboldii cultivar petal colour is a rich pink, but it “sports” heavily. Sporting cultivars are popular in Japanese collections. Our collection plants are predominantly pale pink sporting, with splashes of the dark pink. We were given a lesson in primula genetics at Chelsea Flower Show in 2018! Flat, cherry-blossom petals. We obtained this [...]
Primula sieboldii
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Wave blooming, overlap petalled thrum. Blue shaded white flowers with dark blue reverse. Tends to be lower growing with tight flower heads. Raised by Julian Sutton in Devon and named after the Dartmoor river. A very attractive, semi-compact Primula sieboldii cultivar.
Primula sieboldii
Dec 2021
Flat blooming, slender notch petalled pin. Pink mottled petals, with deep pink bars on petal edges and deep pink reverse. Raised in USA. One of our more difficult Primula sieboldii cultivars.
Primula sieboldii
Dec 2021
Wave blooming, slender petalled pin. Pure white deeply bilobed petals. Relatively compact growth. This is one of the later flowering Primula sieboldii cultivars.
Primula sieboldii
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Flat blooming, overlap petalled thrum. Light pink flowers with white centre and white tracings on veins. A very pretty and reliable Primula sieboldii cultivar raised by Alan Bloom.
Primula sieboldii
Dec 2021
Flat blooming, cherry blossom petalled pin. Pure white flowers, with the faintest rose flush in the very centre. Very floribund. Beautiful. This cultivar was collected by Mary Robinson of Martin Nest Nurseries, through swapping cultivars from her national collection of Primula auricula with a nursery in Japan. Unfortunately we do not know which one. The [...]
Primula sieboldii
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Beautiful pink centred, white bordered pin. This cultivar is one of the survivors from a group known as the “Kew Collection”. This choice group of cultivars was deposited anonymously at Kew Gardens many years ago. The collection itself is now held at the Rosemoor RHS garden in North Devon.
Primula sieboldii
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Large grasp-blooming pink-flushed white pin The cultivar name translates as “First Gown”
Primula sieboldii
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Pure white pin, with flat slender lobed petals.
Primula sieboldii
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Semi-double flowers, with pink vein edged white petals with darker reverse. This cultivar was sourced from a specialist nursery in Japan. Our collection of 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 [...]
Primula sieboldii
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Large slender light pink petals, floppy hold-blooming. The cultivar name translates as “The Well Cradle” (this is a Noh Play, based on a story in the Ise Monogatari, a tenth century collection of stories)
Primula sieboldii
Nov 2021
Ume blooming, notch petalled pin. Pure white flowers with deep pink reverse. Raised on the nursery in 2007 and named after one of Penny’s cats.
Primula sieboldii
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Cultivar sourced from Japan. Pure white rounded petal pin.
Primula sieboldii
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Rose-backed clear white thrum. Hold-blooming cherry-blossom petals. The cultivar name translates as “Chinese Dress”