It’s funny how we take some plants for granted – usually the ones that perform well with little or no intervention from the gardener – flowering currant and forsythia are a case in point at this time ...

The drumstick primula begins flowering from mid-spring through to summer, with flower stems pushing up through bare soil. As long as they are grown somewhere sheltered from late frosts, the flowers ...

Each individual flower is tiny, usually lilac-lavender, rosy pink or white, but they grow tightly clustered together at the top of the stem, forming a tight globe shape. People often buy a few ...

"For now, it is my sun room and I'm planning on soaking up as much vitamin D as I possibly can." Even though the weather for March was a bit unbelievable, there is a silver lining to every cloud: the ...

PREPARATIONS are well underway for the seasonal re-opening on April 1 of the Explorers Garden in Pitlochry. Julia Corden, Explorers Garden manager, commented: “The large drifts of Primula denticulata ...

It is their delicate markings that fascinate: their sweet, upturned faces often look as if they have been dusted with icing sugar. It could also be their velvety, flour-dusted foliage that attracts ...

The drumstick primulas are among the most popular primulas in cultivation. Their stout stems are topped with crowded, lilac flowers, resembling small drumsticks from mid-spring to summer. Plants have ...