Lavender Fairy Primrose - Primula Malacoides - Annual Flower - 50 Seeds SimplyHerbsA long time favourite, these miniature floral bouquets are signs of spring. Excellent for bedding, edging and containers, they are especially effective with spring blooming bulbs. Many long blooming, large flowered varieties are available which provide instant colour in late winter through spring. Most are short lived perennials, replanted with summer blooming annuals. Attract butterflies. Easy to grow in partial shade, and moist, humus rich soil.
Some of these species can remain under ground some years and may not like to be disturbed so repotting every year is not recommended
attractive marbled gourd-like fruits
A small salicola form with white flowers
A traditional food plant in Africa
The first fruit can be expected within 2 to 3 years of planting
bushy plants
and with a lateral longitudinal furrow on each side of the tubercle
Shoots form dense clusters with very small blue-green leaves and yellow to red silky glossy flowers in the summer
They are often found dried in the Peruvian market but are great for grilling and stuffing since they are so large
By eating the fruits birds also help to distribute the seeds
this species is found in grassland
plants need summer resting period
