PRIMULAS ARE EASY TO GROW 
I’m often asked if there is not something difficult about the species. 
The answer to that is a resounding NO! By and large, most of the 
species are far tougher than the common P. polyanthus. If you can 
grow “polys” most of the species will be very easy for you. 
I have long felt that Primulas were not flowers just for the 
fancier, but flowers that should be planted in every garden. To my 
way of thinking the Genus Primula, (primroses) is horticulturally 
the most valuable of the herbaceous genera, occupying roughly the 
same spot among these plants that the Rhododendrons do among 
the woody plants. All told there are more than 600 species of 
Primula, and litterly thousands more of named hybrids and varieties. 
Most of these are tough, easily grown plants, plants that will really 
add interest to your garden—to its edgings, to its perennial border, to 
the shaded corner. There are plants in the genus that will bloom at 
any season that you want bloom, even in the middle of winter in 
climates where the ground is not covered with snow. On these pages 
you will find only a few of these plants. 
OUR COLLECTION IS VASTLY LARGER THAN IS LISTED 
HERE, so if you have a favorite primrose that you have read about, 
or have heard of, and would like information about it, let us know. 
The chances are excellent that we have it, although we might not 
have it in sufficient quantity to advertise. 
aedl | 
