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We grow many old varieties both doubles and singles. They have a very special charm. We offer some of the old varieties every year and then have to build up stocks again.
Anybody with old varieties that we don’t have, if you would like to swap, do get in touch
OLD & DOUBLE PRIMROSES AND POLYANTHUS
Barbara Midwinter Elegant leaves and pretty maroon/purple flowers during mild spell in winter or early in spring….£3.50
Beeches Pink Small dusky purple polyanthus....£3
Bluntenkissen Rich red/purple; dark crinkly leaves…..£3.50
Blue Velvet Lots of blue primroses.Lovely..£3
Butler’s Bronze pretty bronze flush on yellow primroses. Scarce…£4
Cherry Small cherry red primrose….£3
Dark Rosaleen Dark foliage; rich pink striped flowers. Very dramatic and vigorous…..£4
David Valentine . A neat polyanthus; handsome dark-flushed leaves; lavender-purple flowers..£3
Don Keefe. Elegant dusky orange red. Fabulous...£4
Francesca. Amazing polyanthus. Green flowers with a yellow eye; filly form that lasts well....£3 SORRY SOLD OUT
Duchess of York Floriferous mauve polyanthus . Early flowering, fragrant and eye catching…£4
Elizabeth Browning Very attractive primrose coloured polyanthus heads, flushed pink…£4
Guinevere A most beautiful old primrose. Large soft pink heads over bronze …£3
Groeneken’s Glory A very nice old single. Soft mauve flowers with a yellow green eye….....£3
Gold Laced Polyanthus 15cm The neatest, most smart little polyanthus. Dark chocolate brown body with a gold edge. Very nice indeed ….....£3.50 each
or select this box for 4 Gold Lace Polyanthus for £12
Hallbarn Blue good mid blue on dark foliage.....£3
Iris Mainwaring Prettist soft pink primroses ….....£4
John Fielding A real heart warmer for a dispiriting February morning. Rich purple dwarf polyanthus; attractive quality of movement....£3
Katy McSporran A fantastic double cowslip..£4
Kinlough Beauty Dwarf free flowering polyanthus; salmon pink, each petal striped...£3
Lady Greer A great favourite. Small polyanthus heads of biscuit yellow…..£3
Lambrooke Mauve One of the old Marjory Fish primroses. Neat dark green leaves and pretty mauve, lilac flowers. As she said 'these old primroses go with everything'…£5
SORRY SOLD OUT
Lingwood Beauty Compact magenta /red polyanthus Good vigour…£3
Mary Ann Apple blossom pink primroses…£3
McWatts Claret Rich purple neat polyanthus…£3
McWatts Cream Lovely small cream polyanthus…£3
Mrs. Eagland Magenta polyanthus; good vigorous grower..£3
Mrs. McGillvray Floriferous, old violet polyanthus...£3
Old Irish Green Unique old green flowered primrose. Few for sale…£5
Perle von Bottrop Dark purple flowers over fresh green leaves. Good vigour…..£3
Port Wine Port wine red flowers on very lovely dark foliage….£3.50
Rowena Pale magenta primroses…£4
sibthorpii Very like our native primrose, but with lovely pale lilac blooms. Fresh and vigorous....£3
Sir Bedevere lilac/ purple blooms on dark foliage ..£3
Siska Strong purple polyanthus flowers, yellow star like eye. Flowers late ...£4
Snow Cushion Flat habit, with neat leaves and lots of early white flowers…£3
Tawny Port Dark purple flushed leaves and beautiful neat port purple primroses…£3 SORRY SOLD OUT
Tie Dye Large denim blue bloomswith stripes just like those old tie-dyed t-shirts…£3 SORRY SOLD OUT
Tipperary Purple A very precious old variety. Rich purple single primrose in a green ruff. An antique Jack in the Green...£4
SORRY SOLD OUT
Tomato Unique tomato red primrose. Once seen always recognised. Great wee plant…£4
Wanda Plant the legend. She is magenta-violet and when growing well has such impact, she seems to levitate above the soil. She used to be everywhere. Let’s put it back into gardens….£3
Wanda White Fresh foliage; chalk white flowers….£3
William Genders Sugar pink with a stripe….£3
DOUBLE PRIMROSES
Alba plena Wonderful old double white, few...£5
Allan Robb Attractive orange/yellow...£3.50
Belarina Butter Yellow A new range of doubles, looking healthy and promising well. This is a lovely primrose yellow with a green ruff..….£3.75
Belarina Nectarine Double nectarine orange pink flushed rim. Great in spring plantings…£3.75
Blue Sapphire Lovely sapphire blue double..£3.50
Bon Accord Cerise A very few of the scarce old scots double cerise. Amazingly we still find it in old gardens...growing away happily. Ours comes from South Loch Ness…SORRY SOLD OUT
Captain Blood Blood red double with dark flushed leaves. Good steady grower…£3.75
Dawn Ansell Perfect double white in a green calyx ruff; a jack in the green…£3.50
Eugenie Lovely mid blue silver edge double…£3.50 SORRY SOLD OUT
Miss Indigo Double navy blue with a with frosted edge. Good vigour….£3.50 SORRY SOLD OUT
Red Ruffles An attractive showy ruffled red double....£3.50
Asiatic & Candelabra Primroses
All excellent garden plants, that grow well in any soil that does not dry out. They love good dappled shade, such as woodland glades, but perform well in any spot that does not dry out. Valley floors are their native home. A feed of manure; sets them up a treat.
PRIMULA denticulata.Drumstick Primroses.
Great, early flowering primroses. As hardy and as adaptable as you could ever ask. The flower heads make a perfect sphere. Separate colours.
Violet -blue £3
Red £3White £3
Click below for a selection of Four for £10 offer
(Please specify in the Additional Information Box on the PayPal order form's final checkout page which four Primula denticulata you would like - we will do our best to give you what you request, but may have to substitute suitable alternatives)
PRIMULA Candelabra Rainbow … a great seed raised mixture of scarlets, pinks, hot orange and yellow candelabras £3 each
or click below for Four Candelabra Rainbow for £10 offer
cortusoides Great wee plant. Neat, corrugated lime green and heads of magenta flowers…£3.50
florindae Himalayan cowslip. Tall strong stems with whorls of butter yellow flowers. great plants …£3.50
pulverulenta 80cm The showiest and loveliest candelabra…vivid crimson, the buds and leaves dusted in farina. Perfect …£3 each
click below for a Four for £10 offer on Primula pulverulenta
BRITISH NATIVE PRIMROSES
Primula vulgaris Native Primrose.
Best loved of all natives; bonny and bright
£3 each
or click below for a Four Primula vulgaris for £10 offer
Primula veris Cowslips Nodding yellow heads, just as you remember….£3