'Moonlight Primrose' (PRIM-yew-luh: al-PEE-kol-uh) Primulaceae:
This species is similar to a smaller versions of P. florindae. The flowers vary in colorwththis selection having yellow ones; the flowers have a powdery-white eye. Plants are good sized and leafy, with flowering stems growing 12 to 18 inches tall, but sometimes up to 3 feet tall. A choice and fragrant plant for the primrose garden. The umbels of flowers crowd the tops of the stems with bell-like flowers. Blooming in early spring with yellow flowers. Grows best in full sun in moister retentive soils, not really a wet soil species. Under hot conditions give the plants some afternoon shade.
Zones 5-8. Native from mountain valleys of Tibet.
100 seeds
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