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  • From: nancy szerlag <szerlag@earthlink.net>
  • To: gardenwriters-on-gardening <gwl-g@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [gwl-g] Primulas
  • Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 10:13:12 -0500

Title: Re: [gwl-g] Primulas
On 1/21/05 1:27 AM, "Jacqueline Heriteau" <jacquiheriteau@msn.com> wrote:

Doreen,
 
I'm in 5 and sometimes, quite often they live thru summer and some come back
 
.. once I planted them in with annuals in a pot and brought them back indoors before frost and they rebloomed.
 
I plant them in a cool shaded spot out of direct sunm and make sure the soiol stays mosit...
 
But then, those sold here are often from canada and billed as being hardy.
 
Jacqui   
 
 
 

----- Original Message -----
 
From: Doreen Howard
 
Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 1:46 PM
 
To: gardenwriters-on-gardening
 
Subject: [gwl-g] Primulas
 
 
Does anyone have knowledge on primulas? This time of year, colorful primrose
start appearing in local grocery stores, and I always buy several to
brighten up the dull, gray winter days.  I manage to keep them blooming and
growing until spring, but I've had little luck getting them to grow in the
garden.  They seem to die within a couple of weeks after I set them out in a
flower bed.  What am I doing wrong?  And, how can I get them to bloom again.
I live in Zone 5a-4b, depending on the year (this year it's 4b).  Will
primulas survive my winters?
Doreen Howard


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Doreen – I too have purchased those  little pretties and have had some luck over wintering them in 6b. They were planted on the west side of a neighbors house adjacent to my drive so they had the benefit of a microclimate. The best I got out of them was a one season in the garden.  Good drainage is key – I amend with Profile in place of grit. I  think the ‘florist’ primroses have been fed and forced to the point of exhaustion and winter is their dormant season, so those purchased in spring may have a better chance. Also, a quick perusal of a plant encyclopedia lists the “florist” hybrids as hardy only to zone 6.  

Nancy Szerlag   








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