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Will primroses grow in full shade?
flowerlover2
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Hi
We have got a very shady bank on the side of the house where it doesn't get direct sunlight at all. Can I can primroses there? thank you for your advise
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In my experience primroses will cope with shade during the summer, but do like some sunlight in the spring when they flower.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Hi, if it helps my polyanthus have flowered better in the shade. Primroses might be different so take Dove's advice. Just thought I'd mention the polyanthus
They seed themselves in totally shaded areas and put up with that. I think deciduous shade is best though
In the sticks near Peterborough
That's what meant
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
driving around Devon / Cornwall, I see lots of primroses in flower in hedgerows with high trees overhead, which must be in total shade once the trees above them come into leaf. So I'd say , yes, they'll grow in shade.
..mine are growing north facing... and flowering..get a bit of dappled sunlight only.... I prefer to see them on a sunny bank though and might move mine later...
They do in my garden....
I agree, but I think they need sunlight in the spring to flower - that's why they're a plant of deciduous woodland and hedgerows.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thank you all. I have planted some primroses and polyanthus and will see how they cope!