The name primrose refers to a large number of plants, some of which are not primroses at all. Primroses are in fact part of the Primula family - Primula being Latin, and referring to the fact that ...

The primrose of Shakespeare and other poets is actually a family of several hundred species and hybrid plants known for their striking, often brilliant blossoms. Though many of these eye-catching ...

IT LOOKS like the humble primrose is having a golden age of revival at the moment. The garden centres are full of the most beautiful primroses and polyanthus as new varieties are produced, and some ...

Primroses are heralds of spring. The prolonged cold weather meant a delay in their appearance – they’re usually over by March, but hedgerows are all a glimmer now with their bright stars. Here at ...

Long before Gregor Mendel's groundbreaking work in plant genetics, the cloth weavers of England were changing the primrose. Workers who had woven textiles collectively fell in love with Primula ...

When the hot temperatures of summer start to cool off, you might think that the flower-planting season is over until next spring. The good news is that your blooming days don't have to be over. Late ...

It has been more than a few years since I last saw Primula ‘Gold Lace’, a popular polyanthus primula, in a garden. It was back in 1993 when I visited the lovely Kerrisdale garden of primula expert Dr.

Gardeners have been drawn to primulas for centuries. These early spring flowers, ‘prime roses’ in Old French, have had few rivals when flowering. And with so many varieties, success was guaranteed for ...

JUST AS the first pale primrose flowers are showing in hedgerows and woodlands, the garden primroses and their showy cousins, the polyanthus, are sparkling in gardens. Some of these are very old forms ...

Has the idea of gardening ever felt quite as hostile? Not only was last summer a wash-out, the winter has now lasted as long as an ice age and, to be honest, there is scarcely a sign of spring to be ...

EARLIER this week on a brisk evening walk along the coast they caught my eye from a 100 yards away. Hundreds of them used to populate all the steep banks in this particular field, what’s known locally ...