Botanical Name: Primula malacoides Add
Common Name: Fairy Primrose  
Plant photo of: Primula malacoides
  • Anatomy

  • Culture

  • Design

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

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Photographer: Modesto Jr. College
  • Description

  • Notes

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.