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Post by plocket on Mar 5, 2007 18:05:45 GMT 1
Just how tender are primula Vialii? I seem to be very successful with primulas in my garden, probably due to the partial shade and damp soil, and have got quite a few different ones including spring "bog standard" ones, drumsticks and summer candleabra primulas. I've tried vialii a couple of times and they just don't last so I wonder whether they are tender - does anyone know or can anyone offer suggestions. I'm growing one in a pot this year and don't know whether to plant it out or keep it in the pot!
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Post by sweetleaf on Mar 6, 2007 19:10:40 GMT 1
I dont think they are all that tender Plocket, they are a bog plant after all.  |
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Post by plocket on Mar 6, 2007 19:44:18 GMT 1
So do they require more moisture than your average primula? Could that be why I lost them - because they weren't wet enough?
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Post by sweetleaf on Mar 6, 2007 19:46:16 GMT 1
I think that may be the case, it should love your clay in the spring though. ;D
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Post by plocket on Mar 6, 2007 19:54:07 GMT 1
I think I'm going to keep my new one in a pot, standing in a tray, but I might look out for another to go in the really boggy bit of the garden  Thanks Sweetleaf! |
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Post by The witch on Mar 7, 2007 9:07:24 GMT 1
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Post by plocket on Mar 7, 2007 9:27:20 GMT 1
I've not got a problem there then The witch! ;D ;D ;D
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Post by cheerypeabrain on May 27, 2007 20:57:45 GMT 1
I haven't got acid soil but mine seem to like it where they are...they're flowering their socks off atm.... ;D
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Post by cheerypeabrain on May 27, 2007 21:00:55 GMT 1
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Post by plocket on May 28, 2007 19:27:37 GMT 1
Yum! Mine died  |
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Post by cheerypeabrain on May 28, 2007 21:14:02 GMT 1
aw sorry hon...I have mine towards the back of the border, they're well sheltered and I smother them in compost every winter. I bought them at GW Live 2 years ago (in flower) and so far I've managed toi keep them by ignoring them mostly....
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Post by plocket on May 29, 2007 16:29:45 GMT 1
Hum... Mine started off ok but then collapsed in a heap. Ah well - I'll probably try again another year. It's funny because they did so well in my previous garden, before I knew what they were! Here I've struggled a few times |
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Post by willow930 on Jul 17, 2007 6:37:38 GMT 1
I've struggled for 3 years or more with these Plocket. I love them and have tried a couple of different places in the garden ( moist acidy clay and loads of mulch ). Mine never appear the following year and like you I have loads of other types which do extremely well. I know they appear a little later than otheres ( mine did ) so I mark them well but if anything all I get is tiny shoots of green which then disappear. This year I got nothing. I'm going to try them in pots next year. Hope you have some success.
Wx
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Post by 4pygmies on Jul 17, 2007 7:10:41 GMT 1
I am so jealous of anyone being able to grow these plants. They are really beautiful but I am barred forever as my garden conditions will never suit them. Even if you can look at them for just 1 season - I think it would be worth it!
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Post by plocket on Jul 18, 2007 17:30:47 GMT 1
Well I'm glad I'm not the only one to fail with them, but I won't give up without a fight - I will try again next year and see how I get on.
I have some really beautiful primulas in my garden - Primula rosea grandiflora, primula florindae (Tibetan cowslip), primula juliae "Silver Laced", candleabra primula, primula denticulata, primula auricula and another some that I need to have identified! Oh and some cow-slips! I really can't understand how all these do so well, and Vialii gives up the ghost!
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Thanks Sweetleaf!
