Primula obconica.

Primula obconica is a long flowering winter pot plant that comes in a range of beautiful colours, from purist white through all shades of pink, red, blue and a startling terracotta shade not found in many other plants. This Primula should be more well known, but for the major fault : many people are allergic to it´s foliage. The good news is that plant hybridists have managed to produce a strain which does not contain the skin irritent,priminin. Buy plants which have a few open blooms and plenty of buds to come.Give the plant cool conditions, water as required and feed fortnightly with liquid fertilizer.remove the faded bloom spikes and enjoy a display that will last till early April.