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Primula marginata
Silver-edged primrose is a low, evergreen alpine perennial from the south-western Alps, grown for its mealy white-edged leaves and lavender spring flowers. It needs cool, well-drained conditions and dislikes heat and wet summers.
Primula marginata, the silver-edged primrose, is a species of flowering plant in the family Primulaceae, native to the south western Alps of France and Italy.
The earliest cultivation of this species dates to 1700s.
Numerous cultivars have been developed for garden use, of which the following have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit:
Moonlight Primrose · Auricula · Bulley's Primrose · Buttonhead Primrose · Primula chionantha · Primula cockburniana · Drumstick Primrose · Oxlip · Tibetan Cowslip · Primula frondosa · Japanese primrose · Primula kisoana
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Primula marginata 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.
