Primula florindae
(Giant Cowslip )
Family - Primulaceae
Category - Perennial
Origin - Southeast Tibet
Discovered By - Frank Kindom-Ward
Year of Introduction - 1926
Season of Interest - Summer
Hardiness - H7
Height - up to 90cm
Width - up to 60cm
Location - The Stream Area
Description: A clump-forming herbaceous Perennial that self-sows well. Mid-green Basal Leaves are ovate to Cordate in shape with rounded tips and Dentate margins. Each leaf can reach to 20cm or more in length. Pendent, tubular-funnel-shaped flowers are yellow and held in umbels on tall, upright stems. Flowers are sweetly scented and covered in fine white powder (farina). Primula florindae was discovered by Frank Kingdom-Ward and named for his wife, Florinda.
Award of Garden Merit (AGM).
Additional common names - Tibetan Cowslip, Himalayan Cowslip
Flower:
Pendent, fragrant yellow flowers are tubular-funnel-shaped and held in umbels on tall, upright stems. Flowers are produced from June into August and are covered in a fine white powder (farinose).
Flower colour: Yellow
Flower shape: Tubular-funnel-shaped flowers in umbels
Flowering time: June, July, August
Foliage:
Mid-green leaves are ovate to Cordate in shape with Dentate margins and red tinged petioles. The foliage is produced in basal rosettes and each leaf can reach 20cm or more in length.
Foliage Senescence: Deciduous
Foliage Shape: Ovate to cordate
Propagation:
Cultivation:
Best in full sun to partial shade in fertile, moisture retentive soil that is neutral to acidic.
