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Annual/Biennial or Conservatory/Greenhouse
Clump-forming
old H1 (requires heated greenhouse/indoors)
Pale Pink, Pale Purple and Pale Yellow in Winter
Green in Autumn, Spring, Summer and Winter
0.1-0.5 metres
1-2 years
primrose Charisma Series
Primulaceae
Primula are herbaceous or semi-evergreen perennials, forming a basal rosette of simple leaves, with salver-shaped or bell-shaped flowers which may be solitary or carried in an umbel or in whorls on an erect stem
Primroses are rosette-forming herbaceous perennials, sometimes grown as annuals, with clusters of solitary flowers arising from the rosette in late winter or early spring
Charisma Series are perennials to 20cm, grown as annuals, with pale pink flowers strongly flushed with deep reddish-purple, with a bright yellow eye, flowering from late winter under glass
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Grow in fertile, humus-rich, moist but well-drained soil in full sun or partial shade, do not allow to dry out in hot weather
Propagate by seed sown in spring
Patio/Container Plants
Cut back after flowering
May be attacked by aphids, vine weevil, slugs and glasshouse red spider mite
Generally disease free
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