Primula burmanica ( Burma Primrose )

Primula burmanica is a deciduous Candelabra primrose with serrated, dark dull green leaves, to 12 inches long. In midseason, thick stalks bear up to 6 whorls of 10 to 18 salverform, red-purple flowers with yellow eyes, 3/4 inch wide. Partial […]

Primula bulleyana ( Bulleyana Primrose )

Primula bulleyana is a semi-evergreen Candelabra primrose with ovate, serrated leaves, to 12 inches long. In mid- and late-season, thick stalks produce 5 to 7 whorls of many salverform orange flowers, 3/4 inch wide, red in bud. Partial shade in […]

Primula bhutanica ( Bhutan Primrose )

Primula bhutanica is a deciduous perennial that dies back to a large bud in winter and has spoon-shaped, finely serrated, white-mealy, crinkled leaves, to 4 inches long. Very short stalks bear umbels of 2 to 10 salverform, blue flowers with […]

Primula berninae ( Berninae Primrose )

Primula berninae is a small, semi-evergreen perennial with ovate, serrated, medium green leaves, to 5 inches long. Very short stalks bear tubular to cup-shaped purple flowers, 1/2 inches wide, either singly or in umbels of up to 15, early in […]

Primula beesiana ( Beesiana Primrose )

Primula beesiana is a deciduous or semi-evergreen Candelabra cultivar that dies back to basal buds or reduced rosettes. With leaves inversely lance-shaped to obovate and serrated, to 9 inches long. In mid- and late-season, thick white mealy stalks, bear 2 […]

Primula auricula ( Auricula Primrose )

Primula auricula is an evergreen perennial with spoon-shaped to rounded, entire to serrated, sometimes white-mealy, light green to gray-green leaves, to 5 inches long. Early in the season, bears umbels of 2 to 30 salverform, fragrant, dark yellow flowers, 1/2 […]

Primula aureata ( Aureata Primrose )

Primula aureata is an evergreen perennial with spoon-shaped to oblong, serrated, white-mealy leaves, to 3 inches long. In early and midseason, very short stalks bear umbels of 2 to 10 salverform, creamy white to yellow flowers with large, darker yellow […]

Primula aurantiaca ( Aurantiaca Primrose )

Primula aurantiaca is a small, deciduous Candelabra perennial with inversely lance-shaped to obovate, finely serrate, deep green leaves, to 8 inches long. In early and midseason, red-tinted stalks bear 2 to 6 whorls of 6 to 12 salverform, brilliant red-orange […]

Primula anisodora ( Anise Primrose )

Primula anisodora is a semi-evergreen Candelabra cultivar, with obovate, finely serrated, anise-scented leaves, to 10 inches long. Late in the season, thick stalks bear 3 to 5 whorls of 8 to 10 tubular to bell-shaped, pendent, green-eyed, dark purple to […]

Primula amoena ( Amoena Primrose )

Primula amoena is a deciduous perennial with elliptic to spoon-shaped leaves, to 7 inches long, brilliant green on top, densely hairy below. Hairy stalks bear one-sided umbels of 6 to 10 flat to shallowly tubular, red-purple, violet-blue, or sometimes white […]