Re: Primula

Hello Claire,
    do not know which species - hybrids you have tried in your garden, but if I
can grow Primula here you can there.... without all the artificial bogs, etc. I
have had very good luck with P. vulgaris, P. veris and P. sieboldii, and P.
kiosana. If you are a true transplant and forget person, then try P. sieboldii. It
goes dormant and returns next spring when it gets too dry during summer. The only
care any of these get in my garden is a mulch of chopped leaves in the fall. Soil
is on the heavy side.
    Gene Bush     Southern Indiana    Zone 6a     Munchkin Nursery
          around the woods - around the world
genebush@otherside.com     http://www.munchkinnursery.com
----- Original Message -----
From: Claire Peplowski <ECPep@AOL.COM>
Subject: Re: [SG] Primula


> 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
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