If you fancy seeing more show bench standard Primula auriculas, check out my auricula gallery from the N.A.P.S. Even as a child I knew it had something artificial about it, but it was beyond delicious. A little on the greyish side of cream, it was slightly sticky and was served in small (all too small), flat squares. The unusual colour prompts another memory – of the ice cream we were sometimes given for dinner at primary school.

Primula ‘Limelight’ appeared to be a reliable auricula for the show bench as several exhibitors featured it at the N.A.P.S. Buy the Vintage botanical flower art print: auricula online from Houzz today, or shop for other Prints & Posters for sale. The plants we grow today probably appeared as the result of crosses between Primula auricula, which has a scented yellow flower and a white powdery deposit. I’d love to see a rambling rose with flowers like this little beauty! Primula auricula ‘Limelight’ The auricula primrose is a hardy, spring-flowering perennial with umbels of large, flat, richly-colored flowers ranging from maroon-carmine, coral pink. The doubles always make me think of roses. Primula auricula ‘Lincoln Cuckoo’Ī green, double auricula ticks off two novelty boxes. I can imagine that some cultivars are more reliable, more readily available and so more suited to the show bench. The cultivar name is thought to be an abbreviated version of ‘Geldersome Green No.2’, bred by Jack Ballard in 1970, and so-called because the original plant flowered, was named and then died. In this case flowers have a black body with a green edge. re-pot plants using fresh compost, inspect for damage and pests. Little details matter when the flowers are coin-sized. One of the Edge group of auriculas, which are distinguished by having an unusual edge to the flower petals. remove dead flowers but not the stem, allow this to die back naturally before removing. The wonderfully named Primula auricula ‘Kermit’ seemed almost indistinguishable from Primula auricula ‘Prague’ without close scrutiny: the green edge was a touch broader and the black feathering was a little less prominent and more confined to the centre.īut then, the hybridiser focuses on nuances. Search from 996 Auricula stock photos, pictures and royalty-free images from iStock. My knowledge of show auriculas is limited, but I couldn’t help feeling that it would take an expert to spot the differences between some of the green ones. One of the attractions of a flower show for me is the chance to practice photography on some unusual, exceptionally well-presented flowers. show mades them seem as if any decent Renaissance poet ought to have written a verse or two in their honour.

Auriculas have an old-fashioned quality: something about the green flowered and mealy grey flowered ones on display at this year’s N.A.P.S.

Flower auricula