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Primula kisoana

Primula kisoana
Photo: Qwert1234, CC BY-SA 4.0

Primula kisoana, the hardy primrose or Mount Kiso primrose, is a clump-forming perennial from the mountains of Japan with pink flowers in spring. It grows best in cool, moist, partly shaded spots such as under trees or along paths.

Family
Primulaceae (Primul family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade, Shade
Water
Keep the soil consistently moist and never let it dry out completely.
Soil
Humus-rich, moist but well-drained soil, ideally slightly acidic.
Temperature
5–20 °C; hardy to about -30 °C (USDA zone 4)
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Japan (C. Honshu, Shikoku)
Climate
temperate

About

Primula kisoana, the hardy primrose or Mount Kiso primrose, is a species of flowering plant in the family Primulaceae, native to the Honshu and Shikoku islands of Japan. Hardy to USDA zone 4, it does well in partly shady situations under trees and along paths. A number of cultivars with flowers of different shades of pink are available.

Other Primula plants

Moonlight Primrose · Auricula · Bulley's Primrose · Buttonhead Primrose · Primula chionantha · Primula cockburniana · Drumstick Primrose · Oxlip · Tibetan Cowslip · Primula frondosa · Japanese primrose · Baby Primrose

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Primula kisoana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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