Confused primrose

LG_

I planted some primroses in early spring, bought while in flower. They did their usual thing, and I noticed recently that one had put on quite a lot of leaf growth. Now there are loads of buds and it's started flowering again!

I live in SE London. June's weather was not great but it was hardly winter. Is this something primroses do, or have I got a very confused little plant?

Last edited: 09 July 2016 07:59:40

Fairygirl

Mine flowered on and off all  last year. They do that here quite often as we don't have such warm weather. Just  enjoy them LG! 

LG_

I will, thanks Fairygirl. I feel like I've got a little spring corner! 

Fairygirl

And a 'spring' in your step LG ...

It's ok - I won't give up the day job....

Last year I had an Arabis flowering non stop all through the summer after doing it's thing in spring too. Mine all had a general feed of B,F&B this year just to give them a bit of help as they must have been exhausted! I don't often do that - usually forget   

Some of those plants are in poorer soil with more competition nearby ( they're in raised beds etc ) so I don't think it did them any harm 

soulboy

Here in Sheffield my primroses and primulas are in flower most of the year, except for a brief period in June/July. Several have recently started to flower again, like yours.

Fairygirl

They flower their little socks off soulboy, don't they?  

Alina W

Primulas and primroses will flower twice a year if they have enough water. I have some in tubs which are watered over summer, and it's a regular event.

LG_

I had no idea! They're even more value than I thought. 

soulboy

Fairygirl says:

They flower their little socks off soulboy, don't they?  

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 Indeed they do Fairygirl! And they are such resilient plants. I've had a few that have been devastated by caterpillars before I've had a chance to spot them and they just grow right back.

Fairygirl

They're indestructible - slugs annihilate mine regularly but they keep on keeping on!