Re: Primula sieboldii

I manage to grow Primula sieboldii under fruit trees, very near to one of the mini-sprinklers of my automated system. I have about eight kinds, some named or numbered ones from Japan (acquired several years ago at the Primula Worldwide conference in Oregon). They survive, flower, don't set seed, and have increased only a little bit. My dry sandy soil and dry summers don't really suit it, even with watering every few days. A friend nearby whose garden borders a lake has it growing in a moist spot, and it thrives.

It is native to Japan where it grows in wet meadows along rivers. Japan has a pattern of hot humid rainy summers ( I was limp the one time I made the mistake of visiting in the summer) and cold dry sunny winters (that's when people set fruit and vegetables outside to dry, and they do, surprisingly quickly). The weather patterns are the exact opposite of ours on the Pacific coast of North America, but I think they are rather similar to the eastern part of the U.S.

Paul Held grows a lot of sakurasoh (P. sieboldii) in Westport Connecticut. From pictures I have seen, he is very successful. His email address is:

AmHepatica@aol.com

Diane Whitehead Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
zone 8, Sunset zone 5,
cool mediterranean climate (mild dry summer, mild rainy winter)
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