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Primula malacoides

Fairy or Baby Primrose

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Information by: Jerry Sortomme        Photographer: Modesto Jr. College

 

Description

The Fairy Primrose is a low plant with rosettes of of delicate flowers on 10"-15" spikes in soft shades of rose, red, lavender and white. It can be used in a shady border, planter or mass planting for color in early spring.

 

Plant Type

Perennial, Annual

Height Range

Under 1', 1-3'

Flower Color

Lavender, Pink, Red, White

Flower Season

Winter, Spring

Leaf Color

Green

Bark Color

n/a

Fruit Color

n/a

Fruit Season

n/a

Water Saving Tip:

Apply as little fertilizer as possible.

If you use fertilizer make sure it stays on the landscape, and carefully water it in so there is NO runoff.