A choice and outstandingly fragrant plant from the high mountains of Tibet. Umbels of pendent bell-like violet flowers, powdered in the throat, are produced on long stems in early spring. ... Learn More

An extremely beautiful primula with rosettes of long shiny leaves, powdered underneath, supporting tall stems supporting clusters of very fragrant, pure white, slightly-powdered flowers. ... Learn More

This spectacular and quite beautiful scented primula from Tibet is a very easy clump forming, extremely hardy long-lived garden plant flowering from May into June. It thrives in cool humid situations such as stream sides, edges of ponds and damp hollows where It will spread by self sown seedlings when conditions remain moist, thereby extending the group quite naturally. Thriving well with other moisture loving plants such as Astilbe, its rich, sweetly scented perfume from the violet flowers is carried around the garden on cool still June evenings. ... Learn More

Multiple strong stems carry massed umbels of fragrant reddish-orange flowers, maybe the most attractive and unusual colour and easiest to grow of the candelabra primroses. Although this plant is native to West Yunnan where it grows in moist alpine meadows and along stream sides, it adapts readily to cultivation in the average garden. ... Learn More

Heads of white-eyed deepest purple flowers, shading paler at the edges, open from late winter onwards, above compact rosettes of powdered, leathery green leaves. This choice and lovely form has been selected for several generations and comes rewardingly true from seeds. ... Learn More

Strong, vigorous rosettes of fleshy, powdered leaves surround stems carrying fragrant, velvety flowers in all colours. These popular hardy plants are long-lived in the garden and perfect whether in pots or the border. ... Learn More

This vigorous and completely hardy perennial produces stout stems carrying several umbels of yellow-eyed pink-mauve flowers. In good moist soil these plants can grow to cabbage-sized proportions! ... Learn More

This stems carry heads of purplish-blue tubular flowers with flared ends above rosettes of hairy, wrinkled leaves. This scarce plant from the Himalayas is a little beauty for a shady peat garden. ... Learn More

This extremely vigorous and hardy candelabra primula thrusts up numerous strong stems bearing bright orange or occasionally red flowers with darker eyes. It does especially well in waterside environments where it will self-seed generously making fabulous clumps! ... Learn More

Rather resembling Primula beesiana, this plant opens its fuchsia-coloured flowers on strong stems that can be up to nearly 3 feet tall. It prefers moist to even wet soil for extreme growth and is native to high, wet meadows and the sides of streams in Yunnan and Burma. ... Learn More

Roundish clusters of violet purple-blue flowers, dusted in farina, open during late spring and early summer on thin stems above low rosette of powdery, grey-green, very crinkly leaves. This lovely species from Sikkim is best grown in a shaded, moist soil, and is perfect for a moist rock garden or beside a stream or pond. ... Learn More

One of the finest alpine primulas, whorls of pure white, fragrant, waxy flowers are arranged in layers from the top of the stems, and these open in succession as the stem elongates upwards. The strong basal rosette is formed from long, smooth, farinose grey leaves. An elegant and lovely plant in a shaded rock garden or peat bed. ... Learn More

This is the extremely beautiful mauve form of this plant and one of the finest alpine primulas, whorls of farinose, fragrant, waxy flowers are arranged in layers from the top of the stems, and these open in succession as the stem elongates upwards. The strong basal rosette is formed from long, smooth, farinose grey leaves. An elegant and lovely plant in a shaded rock garden or peat bed. ... Learn More

In early summer, this fabulous plant bears stout stems carrying tiered whorls of bright orange flowers above rosettes of toothed leaves 2½ ft. From marshy places in Himalayan forests as high as 10,500 ft, this is probably the most dazzling of all of the orange-flowered candelabra style primulas. ... Learn More

The universally popular "Drumstick Primula" spring flower, which has dense globular heads of flowers in early spring. Seed collected from the many different coloured beds in our gardens, including white, lilac, lavender, blue and ruby. ... Learn More