| Scientific Name: | Primula spp. |
| Common Name: | primrose |
| Family Name: | Primulaceae |
| Origin: | Central / west Asia, Europe, S.E. Asia / Japan / China, South Asia / India |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Flowering pot plant, Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.2 - 0.4m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Dense |
| Form: | Round |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Bedding plant, Container planting, Group or mass planting, Indoor plant, Rock garden, Winter interest, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Full sun only if soil kept moist, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Basal, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Pubescent, Oblanceolate, Obovate, Crenate, Dentate, Entire, Undulate (wavy) |
| Flowers: | Flowers clustered, White, Orange, Yellow, Blue, Violet, Pink, Red, Feb-Mar-Apr-May |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Brown, May-Jun |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves basal, most species oblanceolate, 5-15cm long x 2-6cm wide, margin usually wavy and may be dentate, crenate, or entire; flowers solitary in centre of foliage (e.g. P. vulgaris - separate entry), or with flowers clustered on peduncles lifted well above the leaves (e.g. P. denticulata). | |