General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial Shade to Full Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Leaves: Evergreen
Flowers: Showy
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Pollinators: Self
Moths and Butterflies
Bees

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Common names
  • Wild Primrose
  • English Primrose
  • Primrose
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Primula vulgaris
  • Synonym: Primula acaulis subsp. acaulis

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Location: Sandhills Horticultural Gardens Southern Pines, NC (Atkins hillside garden)
Date: March 7, 2023
Wild primrose #188 nn; LHB p. 781, 160-1-36, "Diminutive of primu
Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2019-02-15
Location: Sandhills Horticultural Gardens Southern Pines, NC (Atkins hillside garden)
Date: March 7, 2023
Wild primrose #188 nn; LHB p. 781, 160-1-36, "Diminutive of primu
Location: Lundby, Denmark, EU
Date: 2022-04-29
Dappled shade
Location: Lundby, Denmark, EU
Date: 2022-04-29
Dappled shade
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire
Date: 2017-04-23
Our much loved wild English primrose
Location: Maine
Date: 2015-05-07
Location: Maine
Date: 2015-05-07

Date: 2011-06-25
Courtesy Outsidepride
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Location: My Garden
Date: 2024-03-22
Location: English Gardens, West Bloomfield, MI
Date: 2009-01-17

Date: 2018-05-15

Date: 2011-06-25
Courtesy Outsidepride
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Date: 2011-06-25
Courtesy Outsidepride
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Date: 2011-06-25
Courtesy Outsidepride
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Uploaded by SongofJoy
Location: Medjimurje County, northern Croatia
Date: April
credit: Silverije
Uploaded by ge1836
Location: English Gardens, West Bloomfield, MI
Date: 2009-01-17
Location: English Gardens, West Bloomfield, MI
Date: 2009-01-17

Photo courtesy of Select Seeds
  • Uploaded by Joy
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