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Posted on Friday, February 15, 2008 - 12:34 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Here are some mid season Primula Allionii. The season is about 2 weeks early this year, these normally flower in early March.

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Posted on Friday, February 15, 2008 - 01:47 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Really lovely,

I do love these little primulas, (they look little, but what size are those pots Pat?)

I've not bought any....yet, but the more photos you post, the more my resistance weakens!

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Posted on Sunday, February 17, 2008 - 08:31 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

What a wonderful array of these plants. I have Joanna in a stone sink. They are really lovely!

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Posted on Sunday, February 17, 2008 - 10:22 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Dee_b wrote on Friday, February 15, 2008 - 01:47 pm:

they look little, but what size are those pots Pat?


Anything from 10cm to 19cm. Primula Allionii is a slow plant and can take anything from 8 to 10 years to fill a 19cm pot, some varieties never will.

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Posted on Sunday, February 17, 2008 - 10:27 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

This is where they live.

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Posted on Sunday, February 17, 2008 - 12:12 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

I could do with one of those..!

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Posted on Sunday, February 17, 2008 - 02:15 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Thanks for showing us where they live,

I can see the different pot sizes now...and the different flower size...lovely.

Do you only water the plunge Pat, and not the pots...., also, do plastic pots benefit at all from being plunged,
can they take water up from the base?...sorry to keep asking questions.

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Posted on Sunday, February 17, 2008 - 02:38 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Dee_b wrote on Sunday, February 17, 2008 - 02:15 pm:

Do you only water the plunge Pat, and not the pots


Only the plunge in winter but in the pots as well in the growing season.
Dee_b wrote on Sunday, February 17, 2008 - 02:15 pm:

do plastic pots benefit at all from being plunged,
can they take water up from the base?


I prefer not to plunge plastic pots as it is too easy to overwater. The ideal way to grow in plastic is to sit them in shallow trays and water from the bottom. If I was to start from scratch this is the way I would grow all my plants and when I move house after the kids have left home this is what I intend to do.

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Posted on Monday, February 18, 2008 - 10:17 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Oh, these are really lovely!

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Posted on Sunday, February 24, 2008 - 10:09 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

A couple more.

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Posted on Sunday, February 24, 2008 - 03:01 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Yet more lovely plants Pat....what beauties.

I got lucky yesterday and bought my first 10!

I was so excited when I spotted them for sale at an AGS conference. They are all very small..but look healthy enough. I just hope I can do them justice and grow them as well as you....any tips you can give me will be most welcome.

I'll try and post some piccies if I can manage it (they are very small).

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Posted on Sunday, February 24, 2008 - 07:15 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

I spied a white one in there, Eureka, what a great name. I prefer white forms to pink.
They are all lovely (and great photos!) but that one is my favourite.
It is really nice seeing how you grow them too. They look wonderful all together in your greenhouse/alpine house.

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Posted on Monday, February 25, 2008 - 12:39 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Growit wrote on Sunday, February 24, 2008 - 07:15 pm:

I prefer white forms to pink


There are only 3 white ones as far as I know, Snowflake and Avalanche being the other two. These two are very miffy and rarely do you see a large plant of either. Eureka is a much better clone with a lot more vigour and better flowers.

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Posted on Monday, February 25, 2008 - 01:25 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Thanks for the info Pat.

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Posted on Thursday, February 28, 2008 - 04:36 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

The following are the primula allionii I bought recently, they are very small but hopefully, with a little TLC, they'll grow.

Apologies for the photo quality.

There was another plant I got called Maris Tabbard, but I don't think thats an allionii

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Posted on Thursday, February 28, 2008 - 05:31 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Hi Dee,

What lovely pictures.

The photo quality is good.
I particularly like the picture of "Andrew".
But all the plants and their colours are very attractive.

Looks like Pat will have competition in the future...

I wonder if they come true from seed?

Thanks for sharing.

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Posted on Thursday, February 28, 2008 - 05:40 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Hi Roy, they are very pretty aren't they.

My favourite is Neon, the photo doesn't do it justice, it's a very strong colour. These are only in 7cm pots and the plants are very small....a long way to go to catch up with Pats.

I could have bought a lot more, but unfortunately, my money ran out. I do hope I look after them ok...I would hate to lose them now.

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Posted on Thursday, February 28, 2008 - 08:02 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Dee_b wrote on Sunday, February 24, 2008 - 03:01 pm:

I got lucky yesterday and bought my first 10!



My goodness Dee, you are dangerous!

And I can see poor Roy was not part of this gardening adventure. He must be hard at work, is hubby joining you now?

Your glasshouse is going to look very nice with the cyclamen and these.

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Posted on Friday, February 29, 2008 - 09:07 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Terryk wrote on Thursday, February 28, 2008 - 08:02 pm:

My goodness Dee, you are dangerous!



I couldn't help myself Terry. When Pat posted his, I just fell in love with them....don't know why, I've never been into primulas before, but they are soooo pretty, I think. I have Pat to thank for introducing them to me.

There were several plant stalls at the 'Plants of Turkey and Georgia' AGS conference, where I met Tony...that's where I got them.

I went on my own! No Hubby, no Roy, just little old me...brilliant day, with fantastic talks from the experts, of their experiences discovering plants in these countries....and I went home with these beauties....what better way to spend a day.

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Posted on Friday, February 29, 2008 - 09:13 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Dee sounds like a great day and to bring home those beauties, lucky you.

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Posted on Friday, February 29, 2008 - 11:37 am EST :