Primula japonica

Plant Characteristics

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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Primula japonica in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Primula japonica, Gray. Plant glabrous, tall, not mealy except the calyx: lvs. 4-6 by about 2 in., obovate-oblong or spatulate, obtuse, membranaceous, sharply and irregularly denticulate, gradually narrowed to a winged petiole shorter than the blade and with a sheathing base: scape tall, much exceeding the lvs., 8-24 in. high, bearing several many-fld. superposed umbels: bracts linear-subulate: fls. purple, rarely rose or white; calyx open-campanulate, mealy inside, with broad-triangular acuminate lobes; corolla-tube gradually broadened toward the ringed throat, the limb about 3/8in. across, with obcordate emarginate lobes: caps. globose, shorter than the calyx. Japan. B.M. 5916. G.C. III. 33:307; 40:207. J.H. III. 68:465. G.M. 48:283. G.Z. 15:129. G.W. 3, p. 183. H.F. II. 13:265. Gt. 1872, p. 195. R.H. S. 39:193. F.S. 19:1950, 1951. I.H. 18:69. Gn. 29, p. 382. R.H. 1871:570; 1895, p. 424. F.M. 1871:537, 538; 1872:9. —Blooms early in summer to midsummer. Makes a noble plant in deep moist soil and a shaded place. Hardy at the N. There are many color-forms, as var. alba, Hort., has white fls. (Gn. 78, p. 280. G.W. 7, p. 559); var. rosea, Hort., has rose-colored fls. (F.W. 1872:257); var. lilacina, Hort., lilac; var. splendens, Hort., rich blood-red; var. striata, Hort., striped white; var. salmonea, Hort., salmon-colored; var. bicolor, Hort., white with crimson center; var. carminata, Hort., carmine. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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