Primula veris
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Primula veris, Cowslip
Family: Primulaceae
Genus: Primula
The drooping flowers are grouped together, there can be up to 30 flowers per head. Sweetly scented, yellow with dark yellow centre. Mid green, oval, textured, finely haired leaves. Culinary; flowers are edible.
Characteristics:
• Hardiness: H5 (-10 to -15C)
• Type: Herbaceous Perennial
• Height: 20cm
• Spread: 20cm
Cowslip can be seen at the herb farm in Jekka’s Herbetum and is available to buy as both herb plants and online as herb seeds.
Details
• Aspect: Sun, Partial Shade
• Soil type: Clay, Sand, Loam
• pH: Universal pH
• Habit: Clump
• Flowering colour: Yellow
• Flowering time: Spring
• Uses: Culinary & Medicinal (Read Jekka’s Guide To Culinary Herbs and Medicinal Herbs for more information)
• Attracts pollinators: Yes (Read Jekka’s Guide to Pollinators for more information)
• Container suitability: Yes
• UK native: Yes
• Caution: Not to be taken medicinally when pregnant
Growing
• Grown from seed:
• Indoor Sowing: In early autumn, into prepared plug trays or pots. Do not cover the seeds. Place in cold frame.
• Outdoor Sowing: In autumn, in a fertile, moisture-retaining soil, in a partial shade. Mark where as germination can take up to two years.
• Propagation: Division
• Maintenance: (See Jekka’s Blogs on Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer and Autumn maintenance)
• Harvest: N/A
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