General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial Shade to Full Shade
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Plant Height: 12-24 inches
Leaves: Evergreen
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Purple
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Seeds: Stratify seeds: Stratify if starting indoors
Suitable for wintersowing
Sow in situ
Start indoors
Other info: Seed does not store well. Sow as soon as possible
Propagation: Other methods: Division

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Common names
  • Orchid Primrose
  • Wayside Primrose
  • Poker Primrose
  • Pagoda Primrose
  • Primrose

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Location: Edinburgh Botanical Gardens, Scotland
Date: June 15, 2014
Location: Olympia, WA
Date: June 2014
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2020-06-27
Location: The Alnwick Garden, Northumberland UK
Date: 2008-07-19

Date: 2009-06-13
Location: NJ
Date: 2007-06-19
In a shade garden
Location: KALAMA WA
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Location: Lincolnshire, England, UK
Date: Jun 9, 2008 9:38 AM
Primula Vialii
Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar BC
Date: 2013-06-22
 1:20 pm. Such stunning colours - it can't be for real!
Location: Barson's Greenhouse, Westland, MI
Date: 2014-04-27
Location: KALAMA WA
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Location: English Gardens, West Bloomfield, MI
Date: 2011-06-13
Location: English Gardens, West Bloomfield, MI
Date: 2011-06-13
Location: English Gardens, West Bloomfield, MI
Date: 2011-06-13
Location: Indiana  Zone 5
Date: 2011-05-21
Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2008-06-16
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Location: My Garden Crescent City, California
Date: 2015-09-10
One half inch tall and blooming!  I hated to snip his little bloo
Location: Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2001-08-11
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Location: English Gardens, West Bloomfield, MI
Date: 2011-06-13
Location: English Gardens, West Bloomfield, MI
Date: 2011-06-13
Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2008-06-16
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Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2008-06-21
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Location: My Garden Crescent City, California
Date: 2015-09-10
Comments:
  • Posted by okus (Lincolnshire, UK) on Sep 23, 2011 10:13 AM concerning plant:
    This one likes a damp place in semi to full shade.
Plant Events from our members
MrsBinWY On December 31, 2018 Seeds sown
16 groups of seeds from ishareflowers (from janinilulu, from The Sample Seed Shop for 2016) in milk jug in cold sun room
AtaMaj On August 2, 2021 Obtained plant
move to the pond after blooming - requires shade or partial shade
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