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Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Partial Shade to Full Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4b -31.7 °C (-25 °F) to -28.9 °C (-20 °F)
Plant Height: 4-6 inches
Plant Spread: 8-12 inches
Leaves: Evergreen
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Bi-Color: Pink and white
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Spring
Uses: Groundcover
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Rabbit Resistant
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Pollinators: Self
Moths and Butterflies
Bees
Containers: Suitable in 1 gallon
Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Needs excellent drainage in pots

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Trade name information:
Series: Belarina®
Trade Name: Pink Ice
Cultivar name: 'Kerbelpice'
Common names
  • English Primrose
  • Primrose
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Primula vulgaris
  • Synonym: Primula acaulis subsp. acaulis

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Location: Sandhills Horticultural Gardens Southern Pines, NC
Date: March 7, 2024
English primrose # 253 nn; LHB p. 780, 160-1-36, "Diminutive of '
Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2010-02-22

Date: 2017-03-06

Date: 2017-03-06

Date: 2012-04-14
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Date: 2019-03-07
Location: My Garden
Date: 2017-05-19
Location: KALAMA WA
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Location: Kalama, Wa.
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Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2013-03-30
Location: 2018 Philadelphia Flower Show
Date: 2018-03-06
cool tint of pink, very different from the raucous colors I assoc
Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2013-03-04
Location: Cowell's garden centre, Newcastle UK
Date: 2021-03-17

Date: 2012-04-14

Date: 2017-03-06
Location: KALAMA WA
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Date: 2017-03-06

Date: 2012-04-14
Location: In Zuzu's garden
Date: 2012-02-28
Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2009-03-22
Location: Aurora, On
Date: 2016-05-22

Date: 2013-04-15

Date: 2013-04-15

Date: 2013-04-15

Date: 2017-03-06
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Comments:
  • Posted by zuzu (Northern California - Zone 9a) on Nov 28, 2011 6:13 PM concerning plant:
    I received this pretty Primula as a gift from Calif_Sue almost three years ago and it has been blooming almost continuously since then. It's one of the double primroses marketed under the 'Belarina' trademark and it grows well in a container or planted in the ground.
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