Asiatic Primulas
Needs cool moist and free draining neutral to acidic soil, which does not dry out in summer, or get waterlogged for long periods in winter.
Asiatic Primulas
Candelabra primula. Flowering June through to July. Flower colour range from oranges through to purples, pinks and reds.
Epimediums
Deciduous with new reddish-brown leaves in early spring with short spikes of red-purple flowers. May be a synonym of the Japanese cultivar “Yubae”.
Primula sieboldii
White veined pink cherry-blossom thrum with dark pink reverse to petals. An American cultivar, which can be difficult to bulk up.
Epimediums
Spreading evergreen perennial. Pink flowers over fresh red-hued leaves in early spring. Plant in light shade, away from summer drought and winter waterlogging, but water in well in its first year.
Epimediums
(x-rubrum) Spreading evergreen perennial. Red and lemon flowers over fresh red-hued leaves in early spring. Plant in light shade, away from summer drought and winter waterlogging, but water in well in its first year. (photograph courtesy of Danielle Monbaliu)
Primula sieboldii
Sourced from Japan, this is a vestigial bloom with dark pink and green petals. Very unusual and popular.
Primula sieboldii
Hold blooming, cherry blossom petalled thrum. White flowers with pink flush reverse.
Primula sieboldii
Pink flushed white petalled cherry blossom pin, with diffused pink reverse.
Epimediums
Also: E. wushanense Spiny Leaves. Rare Chinese Epimedium wushanense introduced in 2006 by Darrell Probst; and named by Plant Delights Nursery in USA. Low growing cultivar.
Primula sieboldii
White semi-double cherry-blossom. 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 fully. In poor weather seasons the flowers will often revert to single blooms for the year, or the double petals will be very much smaller. [...]
Primula sieboldii
Flat blooming, cherry blossom petalled pin. Pink flower with faint mauve edging and white suffusions in the centre.