Spring primroses, what can be more tender and more beautiful after a long winter? These lovely flowers are the messengers of spring, the very first they strive to reach the sun's rays. They are not afraid of frost, and they are not afraid of the suddenly spring snow falling. They do not please with their beauty for long, in June you will not find a trace of this beauty.
If there are no primroses in your garden, be sure to plant. It is impossible to convey the feeling when delicate flowers suddenly appear on frozen ground, and sometimes in snow. At that moment, the long winter recedes. Many spring primroses are protected by the state, so you should not dig them out of the natural environment . In stores today you can buy all kinds of planting material, this will save nature and increase endangered species.
The most common representatives of primroses are goose onions, galanthus, dream grass, scilla, brancus, spring primrose, erantis. Now let's take a closer look.
Snowdrop ( Galanthus )
This flower is familiar to each of us - a snowdrop primrose. The photo is presented on the left. Although in fact his real name is galanthus. Garden snowdrops are usually planted in shaded, but warmed up by the sun's rays places. A suitable time for planting bulbs is July - September, at which time the plants are in a dormant period. Bulbs themselves do not tolerate long drying, so they are not recommended to be stored in air for more than a month. If there is no way to plant, in this case you need to pour them with sawdust.
Goose bow
Among the people - a yellow snowdrop or yellow goose. Goose onions, like snowdrops, are small-bulbous plants. Flowers are elegant yellow stars. Flowering is short, but plentiful, covering the space of the lawn or the edge of the forest. The plant can be propagated by seeds, bulbs and "children" that grow on maternal tubers. Sow seeds, usually in the winter. When grown from tubers, they are scattered on a plot already sown with lawn grass and slightly buried in the ground. Planting in this way, you will get a natural scattering of yellow flowers on a green lawn.
Dream grass
Lumbago or popularly - a dream herb (Pulsatilla) - is also a spring primrose. Photo of a miracle flower on the left. It blooms until a rosette of rooted leaves appears in large single flowers in the form of bells of purple, white or red. The thick silver “plumage” of the petals gives
this flower a special
charm . The flower is listed in the Red Book and is protected by the state.
Brandok (Bulbocodium)
Spring primroses can be grown in pots, for example a lamb. Many confuse this plant with crocuses, their flowers are very similar. In a mild climate, bloom in February and bloom for almost a month. Every 2 years in the fall, flower bulbs should be dug up and divided.
ErantisIn a popular way - a spring or winter buttercup. A very beautiful flower that blooms before snowdrops. The flowering period is approximately 3 weeks, often directly from under the snow. Propagated by seeds, which are sown in autumn in partial shade, it will bloom only for 3 years, but how!
Spring primrose
It is impossible to imagine a spring garden without primrose. It comes in a wide variety of colors and shades, very unpretentious. Propagated by division of the rhizome. It blooms for a long time and pleases the eye.
Spring primroses, having settled in your garden, will forever become the most coveted messengers of spring. The presented list can be supplemented by many more species. And each flower can devote a separate novel, so the choice is only yours.