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Thu, Jun 28, 12 at 22:47
| I don't know much about primulas - probably because they always die on me within a year. Luckily, this one is blooming within a year of starting it from seed (in winter), so that at least I can see its flowering form. Unluckily, the plant appears to be a different species from what was listed on the seed packet. The latter said "Primula elatior", but I can find only references to yellow-colored flowers on that species, with a different flower shape too. Any hope of identifying what it is that I'm growing?
Thanks in advance, Rob 
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| Might be a hybrid of it, structure is similar. |
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| P eliator, Cowslip, does very occasionally naturally throw up red flowers in the wild. But it also hybridises with Primula veris so yours may be the result of crossing with a coloured primrose or a polyanthus. I suspect the latter explanation as the flowers are much wider open at the mouth than the species. |
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