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Primula cernua

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  • Product Code: 1840

Seeds
4.80€

Plants
5.50€

Primula cernua

Hard to believe that this striking plant comes from the same family as the common primrose. A spike of startling cup-shaped light blue/violet flowers which can grow up to 40 cm.  Dislikes very wet conditions in winter.

Origins: Yunnan-Sichuan borderlands, where it grows in relatively dry pine forests on sandstone. 

Culture: well-drained gritty compost in pots, troughs or rockery. Dislikes winter wet.



  • Flowering period : Late spring - mid-summer
  • Ultimate Height : 30-40 cm
  • Hardiness : -30°C
  • Foliage : Deciduous
  • Sunlight : Partial shade
  • Moisture : Well-drained
  • PH : Alkaline, acid or neutral
  • Culture : pot, rockery, trough
  • Pot size : 7cm
  • No. seeds per packet : min 35

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