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Posted on Saturday, February 18, 2006 - 04:53 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

I have no name for it, had it for years, and am so delighted every spring when it blooms.
(Thank you, Ej, for the new forum!)
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Diane British Columbia Zone 7b
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Posted on Saturday, February 18, 2006 - 05:05 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Oh, it's lovely! I think it was you that inspired me to plant a couple of these adorable rose-like primulas. I also can't wait to see them again this spring.
Do yours sometimes flower out of season? One of mine started again in November and didn't stop until it was hit by frost in January!

Gardenfiend - Germany, Zone "7a"
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Posted on Saturday, February 18, 2006 - 06:37 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Just gorgeous! I used to grow several of these doubles in my garden in the UK.

Unfortunately I don't have many primulas right now...hopefully this forum will encourage me. Thanks EJ!

Diane I think your double could be Sue Jervis.

Kniphofia - Maine, Zone "4"
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Posted on Saturday, February 18, 2006 - 07:18 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Very nice. I thought for a second I had accidentally clicked on the Rose forum.

Michelelee - WA, Zone "7-8"
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Posted on Saturday, February 18, 2006 - 07:21 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

You may be right, Sue. I think you are. This is an older photo of them.
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They do multiply nicely and I have given quite a few away. Mine are in the sun, but they perform very well in part shade as well.
Mara, mine only bloom once a year, but they hold the bloom for a long time! Wouldn't that be nice if they bloomed more than once! Double delight!

Diane British Columbia Zone 7b
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Posted on Saturday, February 18, 2006 - 08:07 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Simply gorgeous and very prolific! A double winner!!

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Posted on Saturday, February 18, 2006 - 09:15 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Wow! They are going on 'the list'. Gorgeous!!!

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Posted on Sunday, February 19, 2006 - 07:48 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Very nice,look like roses, but i still prefer the single flowers.

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Posted on Sunday, February 19, 2006 - 11:53 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Such a lovely flower. I don't have any primulas...yet :)

Missgarden - Ontario, Zone "5b"
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Posted on Monday, February 20, 2006 - 07:58 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Oh Diane what a pinktacular plant!!

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Posted on Tuesday, February 21, 2006 - 09:46 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

They are so beautiful, Diane!

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Posted on Wednesday, February 22, 2006 - 08:06 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

You're not fair to me, Diane...I just spent the last two hours trying to find that Sue of yours !!! lol...
I was not so keen on primulas so far, as my previous gardens didn't seem to be adequate for them...
For instance, I have lost twice the lovely primula "Dentelle Blanche" (White Lace) Does anyone know it?
Oh...may I ask a question, ladies? Does Cowslip read "Cow's lip", or "Cow-Slip" ?
I like the latter best, I must say : it makes me imagine a herd of cows slipping lightly one after the other on a sea of primulas, and the ensuing symphony of bells at their necks...what a ballet full of grace it would be !!!!lol...

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Posted on Wednesday, February 22, 2006 - 08:25 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Another of your lovely poetic visions, Zeph. Try instead to imagine the soft, silky, damp feel of a cow nibbling your ear. Afraid so...

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Posted on Wednesday, February 22, 2006 - 09:27 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Gardenfiend wrote on Wednesday, February 22, 2006 - 08:31 am:

Another of your lovely poetic visions, Zeph.



I have to agree Mara-Zhepirine can paint such lovely pictures with words.

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Posted on Wednesday, February 22, 2006 - 11:56 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

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Posted on Friday, February 24, 2006 - 08:38 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Im sure I read somehwre that the name is a corruption of ''cow's slap'', as it tends to grow on ground on which cow pats have, err, fallen!

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Posted on Friday, April 07, 2006 - 02:25 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

That specimen is doing incredibly well - I find the double forms are alot more difficult to grow. But so lovely I keep trying!

Galanthophile - Ann (Northern England), Zone "8"

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