General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade
Partial Shade to Full Shade
Water Preferences: Wet
Wet Mesic
Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 2 -45.6 °C (-50 °F) to -42.8 °C (-45°F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Plant Height: 12-18 inches (30-45 cm)
Plant Spread: 14-18 inches (35-45 cm)
Leaves: Evergreen
Semi-evergreen
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Blue
Mauve
Pink
Purple
White
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Spring
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Rabbit Resistant
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Pollinators: Various insects
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger

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Common names
  • Drumstick Primrose
  • Himalayan Primrose
  • Primrose

Photo Gallery
Location: Blenheim New Zealand
Date: 2019-10-13
Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar, B.C.
Date: 2017-04-21
 3:30 pm. Buds burst into crisp, white little flowers.
Location: The garden at Sanabria
Date: 2014-04-21
Self sown in one of the strawberry beds
Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar, B.C.
Date: 2016-03-26
 4:34 pm. Seven flower stalks from this small plant.
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2021-04-10
Location: Blenheim New Zealand
Date: 2019-09-19
Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar, B.C.
Date: 2016-03-26
 4:27 pm. Getting ready to burst forth.
Location: The garden at Sanabria
Date: 2014-04-21
Close up of the flower itself
Location: The garden at Sanabria
Date: 2014-04-21
Just one plant, happily growing with no attention
Location: Maine
Date: 2015-05-12
Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2012-03-11
Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2012-03-11
Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2008-03-07
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Location: Botanical Garden of the Technical University Delft
Date: 2019-04-15
Location: My Garden
Date: 2013-05-28
Location: My garden, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; zone 3.
Date: 2012-03-21
Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2012-03-11
Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2012-03-11
Location: Cambridge University Botanic Garden
Date: May
credit: Magnus Manske
Location: Cambridge University Botanic Garden
Date: May
credit: Magnus Manske
Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2008-03-07
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Location: Aurora, On
Date: 2015-05-09
At Merlin's Hollow, Aurora.
Location: The garden at Sanabria
Date: 2014-03-23
Different colours of Denticulata, sorting out the palette for var
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CarolineScott On March 18, 2018 Seeds sown
Winter sown after allowing to imbibe moisture.
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