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Primrose

Scientific name: Primula polyantha
Taxonomy
Family:Primulaceae
Type:Herbaceous perennials
Native:NO
Plant Requirements
Zone:1 to 11
Moisture:Medium
Plant Characteristics
Height:1 ft
Width:1 ft
Bloom:Winter flowers
Bloom Time:February to May
Bloom Color:Yellow
Additional Characteristics
Trees


Fruit

Leaves


Bark
Wildlife value

Poisonous
Description Commonly grown as winter flowering herbaceous perennials, evening primroses come in a whole host of different colors.

  Morphology:
Wrinkled green, strap shaped leaves.

  Adaptation:
Best suited to the cool, humid sides of the Cascades. Compost and water well during the heat of the summer. Under less than ideal conditions this plant should be considered an annual.

  Pests:
Subject to snail and slug damage. Song birds will often eat the flowers.
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