Primrose is a perennial plant that pleases with its beauty during the flowering period. There are more than 500 varieties, but reverse-conic and reverse-lanceolate primrose are best suited for growing at home. Care and cultivation are possible both in the open ground and in indoor conditions.
The variety of shapes and colors of flowers, reaching 6 centimeters in diameter, is very impressive. Pale lilac, dark red, pink, orange colors, in some cases supplemented with a white ornament - this is not a complete list of the whole variety of species. Primrose petals have wavy edges, and inflorescences are collected in an umbrella. Rosette light green leaves are located on the petioles or are in a sitting position. Elegant flowering plants reach 30 cm in height, up to 10 peduncles can develop on each of them.
Those wishing to start a plant have a logical question: how to care for a primrose flower? Below are some tips to help you grow healthy, beautiful flowers.
Primrose room: care and development features
Buying a primrose is not difficult: it is sold all year round in horticultural societies or in flower shops. When choosing a plant, you need to buy one from which the flowers have not yet had time to bloom, and there are no spots on the leaves.
It should determine the place in the house where the primrose will stand. Caring for it does not present any difficulties: the plant is unpretentious and will perfectly develop in the garden, on the terrace and in the room. Primrose does not like heat, and the best place for it will be the gap between the double-glazed windows in a cool room. The plant should be well lit, but it is imperative to shade it from direct sunlight. Flowers growing in open ground, in very frosty and snowless winters, need shelter. In the event of cold weather, they must be insulated by covering with a spandbond or other material.
The vegetation period of the plant continues from germination to leaf decay. As a rule, it ends in late spring. And in the summer, primrose should be at rest in a cool, well-ventilated area.
The soil in which the flowers grow should be moderately moist. If the plant is in the garden in the shade, then watering can be reduced. During flowering, the soil must be constantly moistened. Before irrigation, water can be checked with a litmus indicator for alkali - if it turns blue, then such a liquid will not work. In order for the water to have a neutral environment, liquid mineralized fertilizer or citric acid is added to it.
Subject to agricultural technology, autumn primrose blossoms from autumn to April. Plant care is simple if you adhere to the recommendations described above. Primrose is propagated by seeds, which for better germination after sowing must be kept at a constant temperature of 18 degrees, providing high humidity. After germination of seedlings, humidity and temperature can be gradually reduced.
Dried flowers and leaves should be regularly removed to maintain the decorativeness of the plant. This procedure is necessary for all flowering crops, primrose is no exception. Care in this case consists in cutting yellowed and wilted parts.
When working with primrose, you must remember that the plant is poisonous. Some gardeners receive itchy rashes after care procedures. An allergic reaction causes primin, a toxic substance secreted by the hairs of the ground part of the primrose. True, the beauty of flowers negates this drawback, especially since not everyone is allergic.