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Identify primula

steven_maloneuMpzJm-zsteven_maloneuMpzJm-z Posts: 11
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Can anyone tell me the name of this primula, it didn't come back this year and I'd like to replace it...had it for at least 8 years

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  • PalustrisPalustris Posts: 4,307
    Has the look of Primula 'Garryarde Crimson'
  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    I always called it Primula wanda.
     location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
    "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
  • Silver surferSilver surfer Posts: 4,719
    edited March 2023
    Palustris said:
    Has the look of Primula 'Garryarde Crimson'
    Primula 'Garryarde Crimson'.....Don't think it matches. Sorry.
    Seems to be rather rare very little info/pics on www about it.

    Quote link below...

    "Flowers are deepest-red with golden-yellow markings at the base of each petal, borne on wiry stems in the earlier months of the year. 

    https://www.ballyrobertgardens.com/products/primula-garryarde-crimson
    Perthshire. SCOTLAND .
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    As has been said, it does have a look of Primula 'Wanda' about it ... quite an old variety ... my Gardening Granny had lots of them
     https://www.ballyrobertgardens.com/products/primula-wanda

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • steven_maloneuMpzJm-zsteven_maloneuMpzJm-z Posts: 11
    Thanks for all the suggestions...I've actually found a Wanda in my local garden centre...looks close enough to me...so it's been planted up ☺️
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    The first pic looks exactly like my "Wanda". The second one not so much. The flowers look more blue in colour and bigger, but I think it's a trick of the light/camera/perspective.

    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • steven_maloneuMpzJm-zsteven_maloneuMpzJm-z Posts: 11
    JennyJ said:
    The first pic looks exactly like my "Wanda". The second one not so much. The flowers look more blue in colour and bigger, but I think it's a trick of the light/camera/perspective.

    I agree,this new plant is more blue, and flower heads do seam bigger than before...the ticket said "Wanda superior" is that a different variant again from Wanda.??
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    Mr. Google says that Wanda Superior is an F1 strain that comes in various colours (for example https://www.armleenurseries.co.uk/shop/primula-wanda-superior/ , https://www.florensis.com/en-gb/primroses/primula/vulgaris/wanda-f1/superior-mix/ ) so you did right to buy one in flower to make sure you like it.  I've only got the old Wanda type which is tough as old boots and reliably perennial (it was here when we bought the house in 1988). I hope the new ones prove to be as good.

    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    edited March 2023
    "wanda superia" is just marketing plantsmen riding on the coat-tails of the famous.
     location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
    "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    bédé said:
    "wanda superia" is just marketing plantsmen riding on the coat-tails of the famous.
    Very likely :)
    I expect the strain was bred using Wanda and other things to get the different flower colours. Whether the colours are superior is a matter of opinion, and it's too soon to tell whether they're superior or not in terms of longevity, long-term growth habit etc. The old Wanda spreads slowly without getting gappy in the middle so I hope they've retained that.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
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