General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial Shade to Full Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Plant Height: 6-12 inches (15-30 cm)
Plant Spread: 9-12 inches (22-30 cm)
Leaves: Evergreen
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Yellow
Other: soft yellow
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Spring
Uses: Groundcover
Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Stratify seeds: needs cold stratification
Days to germinate: I sowed mine end July and they only came up early next Spring., approx.7 months.
Suitable for wintersowing
Can handle transplanting
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Pollinators: Self
Moths and Butterflies
Bees
Containers: Suitable in 1 gallon
Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Needs excellent drainage in pots

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Common names
  • Oxlip
  • True Oxlip
  • Oxslip
  • Primrose

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Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar, B.C.
Date: 2021-04-12
- Too pretty and delicate to be named 'Oxlip'.

Date: 2009-12-29

Photo by BerndH
Location: My garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2013-07-31
Location: My garden in Gent, Belgium
Date: 2013-04-30
Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2011-04-01
Location: My garden in Gent, Belgium
Date: 2013-04-14
Location: My garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2013-07-31
Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2011-04-01
Location: My garden in Gent, Belgium
Date: 2013-05-14

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