Garden or Border Auricula Seeds : Mixed Colours : Alpine Primula Hybrids

Description

A packet of 50 or 100 seeds. Choose from the drop-down menu.
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Garden auriculas (hybrid primulas) bloom in early spring in shades of yellow, red, brown, blue, purple, and pink,with a yellow eye sometimes ringed or dusted with farina. Very hardy perennials, they are easy to grow in light shade at the front of a border or in a rock garden. Display them in classic terracotta pots or along a primrose path.
Seeds are collected from the plants pictured, and many others, grown in Edmonton, Canada: hardiness zone 3 (to -35C).
If you want seeds of a particular colour group, please send us a message. We can make the following packets:
Blues and Purples
Reds and Pinks
Yellows
Primula auricula, the species (or plants closely resembling the species).
Find more photos and information at the blog Primrose Fields: Scenes from a Garden in Edmonton, Canada.
Seeds may be started indoors at anytime (usually autumn and/or winter) or outdoors in late winter/very early spring. Surface sow on multi-purpose potting mix. Cover very lightly with coarse sand or grit and press in. Do not bury the seeds -- they need light to germinate. Keep indoors to germinate at room temperature, or set outdoors in a shaded, sheltered spot and leave to germinate in spring warmth.
(Some growers find that giving the sowing a wet-cold period -- several weeks in the refrigerator or outdoors under snow cover -- results in a higher rate of germination and more vigorous seedlings.)
Move crowded seedlings into a larger tray or separate pots; keep them evenly watered in a sheltered location away from direct midday sun. Plant seedlings into the garden in late summer when the weather turns cool. Expect flowers from the second spring onward. (Smaller plants that do not flower in spring may flower in late summer/early autumn; they should then begin regular spring flowering the following year.) More instructions will be included with the seeds.
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A Note on Shipping
Orders are shipped from Canada via standard letter-mail. We ship the day we receive your order, or the next business day.
Canada Post's published delivery standards: 2 to 4 business days to addresses within Canada; 4 to 7 business days to addresses outside Canada. Actual delivery times are often a few days longer.
A Note on Combined Shipping
Additional seed items ship free.
Prices are in US currency. Items priced in different currencies (US and Canada) cannot be combined on the same invoice.
If you buy more than one item in the same day, and you pay for them separately, in different currencies or in the same currency, we will ship the items together.
If your order includes a "free shipping" item and an item with a shipping fee, we will refund the shipping fee.
A Note on International Orders
Items are shipped from Canada. Some countries regulate or restrict imports of plant materials, which may include seeds. Buyers agree to bear risks and costs associated with their country's regulations.
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