Primroses are never miserable, they are the finest flowers to show themselves in the early part of the year. I remember a little poem about them from childhood, "dear little primrose the first of the year, coming to tell us that April is near. Shining so brightly although it is cold; show us sweet primrose your star of pale gold". I just love the natural ones.
Am waiting now to sow some seeds , it's too cold here at the moment.
I love the little native primrose too 4Kate I also love the little Wanda primrose which grew all over my Granny's garden in the spring - I planted some in the garden here last year - they're budding up nicely now
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
It was a lovely day today, reached the giddy heights of +4 C, but there are many nights of cold to come yet, hard frosts and s strong possibility of snow - hold the secateurs aand the seed compost, keep browing the catalogues but NOT ordering yet - well, I suppose you can seeds, as long as you don't opent them! Did trim some prunings from a while back to make plant supports, while listening to the robin telling me to fill the seed feeder before everyone came for the evening feed - so I did.
I've taken the bubble wrap down in the greenhouse which has polycarbonate sheeting 10 mil thick as the young seedlings need all the help they can get, don't want the bubble wrap to fall on the greenhouse heater!
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We have been waiting with baited breath for this for months, lets enjoy what we can..
for the past 2 years this few weeks constitutes our 'Summer', enjoy it while you can!!
Primroses are never miserable, they are the finest flowers to show themselves in the early part of the year. I remember a little poem about them from childhood, "dear little primrose the first of the year, coming to tell us that April is near. Shining so brightly although it is cold; show us sweet primrose your star of pale gold". I just love the natural ones.
Am waiting now to sow some seeds , it's too cold here at the moment.
I love the little native primrose too 4Kate
I also love the little Wanda primrose which grew all over my Granny's garden in the spring - I planted some in the garden here last year - they're budding up nicely now 
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
It was a lovely day today, reached the giddy heights of +4 C, but there are many nights of cold to come yet, hard frosts and s strong possibility of snow - hold the secateurs aand the seed compost, keep browing the catalogues but NOT ordering yet - well, I suppose you can seeds, as long as you don't opent them! Did trim some prunings from a while back to make plant supports, while listening to the robin telling me to fill the seed feeder before everyone came for the evening feed - so I did.
I've taken the bubble wrap down in the greenhouse which has polycarbonate sheeting 10 mil thick as the young seedlings need all the help they can get, don't want the bubble wrap to fall on the greenhouse heater!