Primula sieboldii ‘Asahigata’

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”

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 [...]

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.

Wave blooming, cherry blossom petalled thrum.  Smaller pink flowers with white suffusion in the centre. A compact and very attractive cultivar.