Re: Primula
- To: s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
- Subject: Re: [SG] Primula
- From: C* P*
- Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 09:48:02 EST
In a message dated 2/26/00 8:49:38 AM Eastern Standard Time,
genebush@OTHERSIDE.COM writes:
<< two blooms. Won't be long now before they all begin to pop. P. veris,
julianas,
vulgaris, sieboldii. Do not know why more gardeners do not use primula. You
can
have blooms from February through June, foliage all year, and they are easy
to
grow. >>
Gene,
We are subject to long summer droughts where we lose primulas. I grew, from
seed, about one hundred p. denticulata one year and the following spring I
had two or three. I have none now. If you cannot provide water throughout
the hot months plus a location such as high shade with high humus soil, you
cannot have have the plants beyond one season.
I don't know any gardeners who would not like to grow primroses. A natural
bog would help.
Claire Peplowski
East Nassau, NY z4
