The name primrose refers to a large number of plants, some of which are not primroses at all. Primroses are in fact part of the Primula family - Primula being Latin, and referring to the fact that ...

Gardeners who grow plants of Japanese origin sooner or later come across species bearing the name ‘sieboldii’ or ‘sieboldiana’ in honour of their collector Philipp Franz von Siebold (1796-1866) a ...

Find out how to grow Primula sieboldii One of the best woodland primulas it will grow happily on all but the driest soils provided it is planted in dappled shade. It looks great planted in informal ...