Primroses can get you primed for spring In a sunny, moist site such as this one at Winterthur Museum and Garden near Wilmington, Del., Japanese primroses bloom and spread.

•Primula Auricula. This lovely primrose bears clusters of fragrant flowers in hues of yellow, cream, white, blue, purple, orange, pink, red, rose and brown starting in early spring.

There are quite literally hundreds of Primula, also known commonly as primrose, species — over 400 to date — and the huge and varied genus has been further divided into an orderly 37 sections ...

Primroses or primulas get their name from the Latin word for ‘first’ — and rightly so, for they’re among the earliest perennials to bloom. Every year about this time, supermark ...

Dainty primrose defies big chillPrimula species grow close to the ground, so they do well rimming a container or starring in the front row of a border. Primula fare well down to about 20 degrees ...

Our native primrose, Primula vulgaris, is the simplest and the most perfect of all primroses. Its pale flowers with their golden centres are second to none. It has been used to parent a truly ...

Grocery store primroses (Primula vulgaris), which grow in full sun or part shade, are just the tip of the Primula iceberg. There are other members of the genus for pots or in the ground that bloom ...

Before the candelabra primroses bloomed came another nice one, albeit with no common name, Primula kisoana. This one, unlike the other, will grow in either moist or dry shade.

Our native primrose, Primula vulgaris, is the simplest and the most perfect of all primroses. Its pale flowers with their golden centres are second to none.