A Primrose by Any Other Name

I didn’t imagine it; this plant has bloomed nonstop since February.  On top of the rock wall in my entry garden, the tiny flowers are still hanging on stems well above the foliage where it grows under a wide spreading plum tree.  The silver-laced primrose, Primula polyanthus ‘Penumbra’, has tricolored flowers edged in white, gold centers, and a dark maroon red that is so dark it almost appears black.  Whoever named this perennial ‘Penumbra’ looked at the flower and imagined an eclipse of the moon.  I can see that…sort of.  No matter what inspired the name, I am enamored with this sweet primrose.

Comments

[Les]

It hardly looks real.