NARGS Plant of the Month

Primula poissonii

Description and General Information:

This candelabra-type primrose is native to western Sichuan and central and northern Yunnan, where is grows in wet meadows and streamsides at 2500-3100 m elevation. Pleants produce a rosette of evergreen, smooth leaves up to 10 cm long. Flowers are produced in 2-6 umbels on a scape that reaches 20-45 cm tall. The flowers are purplish-crimson to rose-purple, with a yellow eye. Blooming time stretches from May to July.

Blooming Season:

May in more southern or warm areas to as...