| Scientific Name: | Primula vulgaris (incl. hybrid cvs.) |
| Common Name: | primula, primrose |
| Family Name: | Primulaceae |
| Origin: | Central / west Asia, Europe, Garden origin |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Flowering pot plant, Herbaceous perennial, Semi-evergreen |
| 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 |
| Flowers: | Flowers solitary, White, Orange, Yellow, Blue, Violet, Pink, Red, Feb-Mar-Apr-May |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Brown, Jun-Jul |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves obovate, wrinkled, forming a rosette, elongate after flowering, up to 20cm long; flowers up to 4cm wide, arising in central clusters on 5-15cm long peduncles. | |