Primula Primus F1 Autumn Fire - Hybrid Primrose

Primula 'Primus F1 Autumn Fire' is a compact, early, very floriferous, and beautifully coloured hybrid perennial primrose. This variety is distinguished by its shimmering and changing colours, in shades of yellow, orange, and copper, and its lovely compact ball habit. Use it in border plantings, as bedding, or in window boxes where it will be easy to combine with many other flowering or leafy plants. This wonderful primrose is easy to cultivate in humus-bearing, moist soil, in gentle sun, partial shade, or even in shade.

Primula 'Primus F1' is the result of complex hybridisations between Primula elatior, P. acaulis, and P. veris. All these plants belong to the family of primroses. The dark foliage of 'Autumn Fire' develops in rosettes, emerging from the underground rootstock, to form a beautiful cushion. The rounded, crinkled leaves are a lovely dark green. Flowering sometimes begins as early as October, continuing through winter and into early spring. From the foliage, short flowering stems, 20 cm high emerge, bearing several flowers in terminal clusters with changing colours.

The primrose 'Primus F1' particularly enjoys humus-bearing, slightly moist but well-drained soil, conditions it finds at the edge of clear, damp woodlands. In border plantings or in window boxes on a balcony, this plant pairs well with other primroses of all colours, with pansies, violets, hostas, grasses, cyclamens... Primroses are perfect for borders, low beds, under the cover of leafy trees, in rockeries, and in lawns, among snowdrops and violets.

The primroses in our gardens are almost all perennials, sometimes annuals, rarely shrubby. Their cultivation can be either very easy or, conversely, very difficult. Often, climate is a determining factor for their survival; some species die if summer temperatures are too high, others if winter is too wet, or too cold, etc. It is a complex genus that we have been cultivating for 25 years, but to understand the vastly different ways of life of all the rare species, one must spend a lot of time with them and know that they forgive no mistakes. Those in this catalogue do not all offer the same degree of difficulty, but they are all growable by a careful amateur. Some are easy to raise, others less so... it's up to you to choose those you think you can manage to cultivate!