Primula rosea

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Primula rosea in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Primula rosea, Royle. Fig. 3190. Tufted, with rhizome bearing somewhat If like scales, plant 4 - 8 in. tall, glabrous, not mealy: lvs. many, oblong-obovate or oblanceolate, crenulate or small-toothed: fls. few to many in a rather loose head (each fl. distinctly stalked), rose-red, more or less drooping, the tube somewhat exceeding the long sharp calyx-teeth, the lobes obcordate. W. Himalaya. B.M. 6437. Gt, 1879:994. Gn. 16:12; 29, p. 382; 31, p. 597; 39, p. 417; 62, p. 82; 77. p. 193; 79, p. 161. G. 14:110. R.H.S. 39:208. G.C. II. 19:540. F.M. 1879:360. R.H. 1880:330. One of the best of the alpine primulas. Var. grandiflora, Hort., has large fls. Gn. 50:372. P. magnifica, Hort., is a German seedling from P. rosea var. grandiflora: lvs. coarsely toothed, gray-white when full-grown. Intro. 1904. ^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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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