General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial Shade to Full Shade
Water Preferences: Wet
Wet Mesic
Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Leaves: Evergreen
Other: Often goes dormant in midsummer after blooming.
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Pink
Red
White
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Inflorescence Height: 6-12 inches
Foliage Mound Height: 4 inches
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Root
Division
Pollinators: Various insects
Miscellaneous: Goes Dormant

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Common names
  • Asiatic Primrose
  • Japanese Primrose
  • Primrose
  • Cherry Blossom Primrose
  • Siebold's Primrose
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Primula sieboldii
  • Synonym: Primula patens

Photo Gallery
Location: My garden in Ontario, Canada
Date: 2023-05-23
Sold as Isotaka - an unknown name.
Location: Newby Hall garden, Ripon, Yorkshire UK
Date: 2022-05-15
Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar, B.C.
Date: 2017-05-04
 11:00 am. Fresh green leaves: crisp, neat and tidy.
Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar, B.C.
Date: 2017-05-26
 6:55 pm. Each blossom a duplicate of the other. Some similaritie
Location: West shade garden
Date: 2011-05-29
One of my favorite spring plants
Location: Primorsky Kraj, Russia
Date: 2006-05-25
Asiatic Primrose (Primula sieboldii). Wild plant growing in the g
Location: West shade garden
Date: April 2015
Very crinkly leaves
Location: West shade garden
Date: May 2015
Location: West shade garden
Date: May 2015
Location: Primorsky Kraj, Russia
Date: 2006-05-25
Asiatic Primrose (Primula sieboldii). Wild plant growing in the g
Location: Primorsky Kraj, Russia
Date: 2006-05-27
Asiatic Primrose (Primula sieboldii). Wild plants growing in the
Location: Primorsky Kraj, Russia
Date: 2006-06-03
Asiatic Primrose (Primula sieboldii). Wild plants growing in the
Location: Primorsky Kraj, Russia
Date: 2006-05-21
Asiatic Primrose (Primula sieboldii). Wild plant growing in the g

Photo by Radomil
Location: Primorsky Kraj, Russia
Date: 2006-05-25
Asiatic Primrose (Primula sieboldii). Wild plant growing in the g
Location: Primorsky Kraj, Russia
Date: 2006-05-27
Asiatic Primrose (Primula sieboldii). Wild plant growing in the g
Location: Primorsky Kraj, Russia
Date: 2006-06-03
Asiatic Primrose (Primula sieboldii). Wild plants growing in the
Location: Primorsky Kraj, Russia
Date: 2006-05-27
Asiatic Primrose (Primula sieboldii). White form. Wild plant grow
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