General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade
Partial Shade to Full Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Plant Height: 4-6 inches
Plant Spread: 6-8 inches
Leaves: Evergreen
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Yellow
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Spring
Uses: Groundcover
Cut Flower
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

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Common names
  • English Primrose
  • Double-Flowered Primrose
  • Primrose
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Primula vulgaris
  • Synonym: Primula acaulis subsp. acaulis
Also sold as:
  • Sunshine Suzie

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Location: Aurora, On
Date: 2016-05-07
Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2007-04-19

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