The primrose of Shakespeare and other poets is actually a family of several hundred species and hybrid plants known for their striking, often brilliant blossoms. Though many of these eye-catching ...

OSCAR WILDE, no great lover of the outdoors, complained that nature lacked a sense of design. "Her curious crudities, her extraordinary monotony, her absolutely unfinished condition. Nature has good ...

A basket of flowering primroses sat on my kitchen table from mid-January through Easter. These were the so-called English primrose, Primula vulgaris, native to southern and western Europe, northwest ...

High in the European Alps, squeezed between rocks or hanging on a precipitous mountain ledge, Primula auricula maintains its precarious existence. In winter it wraps its leaves around its embryonic ...

It is their delicate markings that fascinate: their sweet, upturned faces often look as if they have been dusted with icing sugar. It could also be their velvety, flour-dusted foliage that attracts ...

Time to get deep down dirty, right underneath the fingernails if you wish to create a large or small patch of ‘spring woodland’ in your garden, or in pots and containers. All you need is a partially ...

11 1/4 x 8 3/4 inches ...

La prímula, conocida comúnmente como planta primavera, es una joya en el mundo de la jardinería gracias a la belleza de sus flores y a su precoz floración. Existen más de 500 especies dentro del ...