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
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
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
New from Japan, this cultivar dates back to the late 1800s and is a deep pink deeply notched snowflake form.
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, 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
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
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
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.
Primula sieboldii
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
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
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 the more difficult Primula sieboldii cultivars.
Primula sieboldii
Wave blooming, slender petalled pin. Pure white deeply bilobed petals. Relatively compact growth. This is one of the later flowering Primula sieboldii cultivars.