Scientific/Botanical Name:
Genus: Primula
Specie: P. obconia
Variety/Cultivar:
English Name:
Common Name:
Poison or German Primrose
Botanical Family:
Name in Latin: Primulaceae
Name in English: Primrose
The Plant
Origin: China
Growth Habit: low, herbaceous, perennial, evergreen: clump-forming
Flower: Terminal clusters
Blooming Period: spring-mid summer (indoors may bloom in winter)
Leaf: oval-light -green -hairy, slightly wavy edge
Usage:
indoor or outdoor,
Care and Handling
Soil: quality general purpose soil
Amount of water: moist - well drained soil
Nutrition: Feed every 14 days with standard fertilizer until bloom buds appear.
Special handling: Sensitive to high salt: low light partial -shade
Special feature/remarks:
Certain varieties of this species can cause allergic reactions (skin rash) swelling. Handle with care: particularly leaves.