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 ...

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 ...

For many gardeners, primroses mean spring is on the way. The first cheerfully blooming plants are snapped up as soon as they appear in January to brighten pots and containers. By February, beds and ...

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 ...

It’s primrose season, so give yourself permission to make a path towards spring by bringing home a potted primrose from a local nursery or garden center. It may be too early to plant annuals such as ...

Imagine a bleak, chilly day. Now imagine a bouquet of cheery, cool-season blooms. Pansies. Perhaps petunias. But don't forget primroses. The name primrose is derived, in part, from the Latin primus, ...

HOW MANY primroses have you carried home from the grocery lately? On the cusp of spring, we’re so starved for color we’re hard put to resist the English primroses (Primula vulgaris) displayed ...