Now In Bloom - 'Francesca' Primrose

My most favorite primrose is just opening its buds, and it'll continue blooming well into June. The pale green Primula vulgaris 'Francesca' is a delicate beauty of a primrose with crinkled leaves and yellow centers; it's so  subtle you'd never guess it's kin to those bulky, bright supermarket primroses.

'Francesca' likes partial shade and moist soil, it does well in containers if you keep them well-watered, and its flowers are exquisite picked and brought inside, for their perfection is best admired close up. Yet this is a tough, long-blooming, garden-worthy plant that holds its own in my over-planted garden. Grow it along stepping stones or walkways, in amongst hellebores or tulips, as a frilly skirt around small flowering shrubs; see it here blooming in my Langley garden alongside a Clare Dohna mosaic egg. 

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[Jessi]

I love it! It reminds me of my favorite skirt and new favorite rhodie - 'Shamrock'! http://nwbloomecologicallandscapes.shutterfly.com/landscapeelements/964