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Primrose Plants
The modest primrose has had something of a reboot lately, with plant growers creating dozens of eye-catching colour combinations and patterns – stripes, frills and bicolours – to bring a new lease of life to this perennial winter favourite. Prefer the natural look? Native cowslips and wild primroses (Oberon’s oxlips from A Midsummer Night’s Dream) exude timeless beauty and wildlife appeal. Grown sustainably in the Herefordshire Hills by our grower, Jack, our primrose plants are hardy, healthy and anything but humble.
Which primrose?
There are a large number of beautiful primroses you can choose from, depending on what you’re looking for. Consider the OG primrose, Wild Primrose – also known as the English primrose – for an iconic garden staple, or the Cowslip, for something with a touch more of the wild about it. Looking for a primrose with a showier side? Why not consider the delightful, puffed up pompoms of the Drumstick Primula.
Planting schemes and partners
With their dazzling colours, primroses are ideal for lawn and path edging, showing off in pots or as ground cover under trees and shrubs in those dappled, shadier spots. Plant your primroses alongside ferns, hostas, foxgloves and heucheras to create your very own magical woodland glade. Primroses are also good for wildlife gardens, providing an important source of nectar to attract early pollinators like bees and hoverflies to your garden.
Growing tips
Champions of the partially shaded spots in your garden, primroses typically perform best in gently dappled light and indirect sunshine. Primroses like moist soil, which is handy given we live in a country prone to the odd downpour – or twenty. They prefer the tart zinginess of a slightly acidic soil, but they’ll still tolerate most neutral soils nicely. Primroses are tough customers, and they’ll normally withstand temperatures all the way down to -15°C (or colder!)
A classic, sweet-scented native plant
- Zone 1 - Pondside
- Grow in groups around a sunny or partly shaded pond
- Flowers from April to June
- RHS Award of Garden Merit winner; approved by Shakespeare
Award winning pompoms of violet
- Zone 1 - Pondside
- Happy in full sun or part shade
- Pompoms of purple flowers from April to June
- RHS Award of Garden Merit
Best for bees and butterflies
- Zone 1 - Pondside
- Grows best in partial or dappled shade
- Flowers from April to June
- RHS Award of Garden Merit
Primroses just went up a level
- Stripes, bicolours and ombre - these flowers are made to turn heads
- Flowers from February to April
- Hardy and long lived, no fast fashion here
- Pose them in pots, along paths and in the front of borders
The original and best
- Pastel yellow with a golden centre and a sweet scent
- Loves a partly shaded spot
- Long flowering from January to May
- RHS Award of Garden Merit
Striking conical spikes of lilac
- Zone 1 - Pondside
- Ideal for partly shaded or sunny gardens
- Striking lilac flowers from June to July
- RHS Award of Garden Merit
A classic, sweet-scented native plant
- Sunny yellow flowers with a sweet fragrance
- Grow in groups around a sunny or partly shaded pond
- Flowers from April to June
- RHS Award of Garden Merit winner; approved by Shakespeare
Sometimes the classics are the best
- A perfect mix of golden cowslips and pastel yellow wild primroses
- Flowers from January right through to May
- Wildlife friendly, maintenance free perennials
- RHS Award of Garden Merit
The primrose that broke the internet
- Large denim blue flowers striped with white
- Show it off in pots or grow in borders
- Blooms from February into spring
- Super easy to grow and flowers repeatedly for weeks
The sunrise you don't have to get up for
- Warm orange, red and yellow flowers from January to March
- Primlet primroses have rose-like ruffled double blooms
- Tough, reliable perennials that are easy to grow
- Plant in pots indoors or out
White stars to brighten winter beds
- Bright, star shaped open flowers with a yellow centre
- Grow in pots on a shady patio or en masse in borders
- Easy to grow and no pruning needed
- Nectar rich and beneficial to pollinators
Deepest violet blue with all the frills
- Striking violet blue flowers with a lacy white margin
- Flowers from January to March
- One of the easiest and toughest primroses to grow
- Attracts early pollinators to your garden
The primrose with a warm ombre effect
- Sunrise reds blend into yellow centres, finished with a white frill
- Flowers from January to March
- Hardy and easy to grow in pots or borders
- A magnet for bees and butterflies
Flowers for weeks on end
- Bold violet flowers with a gold centre
- Plant along path edges or in patio containers
- Flowers from February to May
- Attracts bees and butterflies
Award winning plant bred for extra large flowers
- Sunny yellow flowers with magenta-pink tips
- Grow in pots, borders or under trees
- Flowers from February to April
- RHS Award of Garden Merit
The closest thing to roses in winter
- Clusters of rose pink flowers from February to April
- Primlet primroses have rose-like ruffled double blooms
- Tough, reliable perennials that are easy to grow
- Plant in pots indoors or out
A carpet of scent and colour
- Zone 1 - Pondside
- Loves a partly shaded spot
- Long flowering from January to May
- RHS Award of Garden Merit
Superb sunset colours
- Zone 1 - Pondside
- Grow in full sun or partial shade
- Flowers from March to June
- RHS Award of Garden Merit
The latest varieties in your favourite colours
- Rich blue, bright white and bold purple toned primroses
- Flowers from February to April
- Easy care plants that will return year after year
- Perfect for containers, lawn edging and borders
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