Perennials > Primula > Primula marginata > Primula marginata
Primula marginata
Silver-Edged Primrose
Origin: Alps of France and Italy.
| Family |
| Primulaceae |
| Genus |
| Primula |
| Species |
| marginata |
| Category |
| Perennials |
| USDA Hardiness Zone |
| 7b - 8a |
| Canadian Hardiness Zone |
| 7 |
| RHS Hardiness Zone |
| H5 |
| Temperature (°C) |
| -15 - (-9) |
| Temperature (°F) |
| 5 - 15 |
| Height |
| 10 - 50 cm |
| Spread |
| 10 - 50 cm |
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Description and Growing Information
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| Landscape |
| Informal flower gardens, containers, rock gardens. |
| Cultivation |
| Plant in moist, humus-rich, well-drained soil in full sun to partial shade. |
| Shape |
| Compact with erect upward flowering stems. |
| Growth |
| Slow |
| Pests |
| Aphids, vine weevil, slugs, eelworms and glasshouse red spider mite. |
| Habitat |
| Mountain ranges. |
| Leaf Description |
| Grey-green, leathery texture with jagged serration midway to the apex of the leaf. |
| Flower Description |
| Light purple, five petaled flower that grow is clusters of five. |
| Texture Description |
| Smooth. |
| Notable Specimens |
| The A.M. Cuddy Gardens, Strathroy, Ontario, Canada. |
| Propagation |
| By seed or by root cuttings. |
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