nice lookin' plants bill mine look terrible,like they are in a state of slow decay. i cant qiute figure it out i have 2 in a large wooden box (about 2'x 2') good soil and drainage but the leafs are all yellow and brown an no flowers any more. bought a new one the other day plan to put it right in the ground too see what happens. wish me luck

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"If you want to talk bollocks and discuss the meaning of life,you're better off downing a bottle of whiskey.That way you're drunk by the time you start to take yourself seriously"

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but the leafs are all yellow and brown an no flowers any more.

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Did the soil in the planter box freeze hard? Your Primula may still come back to life... (I've got a few "ugly" ones too, but I never show the pictures of them!)

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Lifting and dividing primulas P.Elatior

Around mid-June I decided to set out some primulas to fill in a couple of spaces along my border's path.

The one I selected to divide is a yellow one like the one here:


...And it's about three or four years old:






At the end of July, the divisions looked okay.


they're now mulched and should winter over nicely:


I managed to set out about a dozen plants, and figure they'll bloom year after next.