Primula obconica.
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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.
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