Wednesday, April 11, 2012

This is one of those plants I'll keep forever...

This is a primrose. The original little baby was given to my by my gardening friend Alan when we worked together at Canada Post. I left Canada Post in 1988. So I've had it for a while. It blooms here in Sidney in February to April. What makes it so special? If you look at the picture you can see it. Closely. Squint. I'm going to give you a hint.
Here is a previous (from about a month ago) picture of my cauliflower:
And here is the primrose:
For some reason I don't understand...this primrose is immune to slugs. In our rainy season the lower island is crawling with them. This plant...a true treasure.

6 comments:

Clint Baker said...

I think primrose is one of the prettiest perennials there is!

Erin said...

It really is isn't it Clint. If you're ever in the neighborhood...you are welcome to a piece!!

Mark Willis said...

Primrose is such a pleasantly "old-fashioned" plant! It evokes for me childhood memories of country lanes in Cornwall absolutely bursting with colour in the Spring, with Primroses side-by-side with Bluebells. I have to admit that in those days we used to pick wild flowers by the armful. These days that is illegal.

Erin said...

Hi Mark. When I was a little girl growing up in Ontario, my mom and I would go out on my birthday and pick an armload of trilliums. They rue the provincial flower....and when you pick them with the leaves, they don't flower the following year. Oooops. I think it's illegal now too.

Gardeningbren said...

I have a small...small collection of primula and a few auracula. Each spring, I wait for them with anticipation, making sure they are tidied and taken care of. I look with envy at the one you have, blooming it's heart out. Mine struggle...except for the white double, "Dawn Ansell" which is happy here.

Erin said...

Hi Brenda...are auracula the primroses that are two toned and look like something our great grandmothers would have grown? Good to her the doubles are so tough!!