Primrose is a type of flower that usually blooms in the early spring. Cultivated primroses are considered choice ornamental garden flowers. Many of these have been developed from the common primrose, which grows naturally in woods and meadows of Europe.
The common primrose has deeply veined leaves and yellowish-white flowers. Other varieties of primroses have flowers that range from yellow to pink, red, lilac, and purple. Some primroses make excellent potted plants for the window garden. Others are grown in greenhouses. The primrose is the flower for the month of February.
Primroses grown in the garden need shade and rich, moist loam. They may be started from seed, which is planted in February in shallow pans or boxes in a mixture of sand, loam, and leaf mold. The young plants should be set out in the open in May, then placed in a permanent flower bed in September and protected over winter. They will flower the following spring.
