Mountain Brook Primroses
Beautiful, hardy primroses ready to blossom in the spring.
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Mountain Brook PrimrosesBeautiful, hardy primroses ready to blossom in the spring. |
Primroses thrive in light shade, evenly moist conditions, and rich soil. They particularly enjoy cool, damp weather and go dormant when it is hot and/or dry. The northern states can easily satisfy their requirements, but acceptable conditions can be created nearly anywhere that primroses are desired. In New England, primrose season begins in mid- to late April with P. denticulata (drumstick primroses) and P. veris (cowslips). The height of the season comes the first two weeks of May when most primroses are in blossom, and may last throughout the month if it stays cool. The season ends with P. florindae and other candelabras in June, although P. vulgaris and Julianna hybrids may rebloom sporadically from September to November. Propagation and cultivation is done by hand on a small scale at Mountain Brook Primroses. My plants are raised from seed in the winter and planted out in garden flower heavily the second spring and in a year or two may be divided. I sell mainly mature plants that have survived at least one New Hampshire winter protected by only a mulch of leaves and hemlock boughs. The illustration to the right is "A Bouquet of Flowers with Insects" by Pierre Joseph Redoute, 1759-1840, in the collection of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. |
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European Species
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Gold-laced
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Garden Auriculas
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Cowichans
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Hose-In-Hose
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Sunshine
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Victorians
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Blues
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The Garden
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Denticulatas
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Pansies & Violas
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New Show Auriculas!
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Mountain Brook Primroses offers nursery sales by appointment from April to October. By visiting in person you are able to choose your own plants from a selection much larger than is shown here. Prices vary from plant to plant. We do not offer a catalog. Our nursery is in central New Hampshire, located near the junction of Routes 4 & 11, twenty-five miles northwest of Concord, NH, approximately an hour and a half north of Boston, two hours west of Portland, Maine, and five hours northeast of NYC. If you are looking for a specific primrose that I don't have, I will try to locate, procure seed, and raise the number of plants you desire. |
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Mountain Brook Primroses373 Elbow Pond Road |
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Department of Agriculture, Markets & Food and certified to sell, deal and ship nursery stock. Certificate of Inspection #469. We have a USDA permit to import stock from England. Unless otherwise identified, all photographs were taken at Mountain Brook Primroses. Visit Mountain Brook Consulting for Landscape Design, Restoration and Preservation Services for new and vintage gardens. |
Copyright © 2004 Mountain Brook Primroses
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The genus Primula includes some of the world's most beautiful and hardy garden flowers. For centuries, poets and authors have justifiably rhapsodized about the delights of wild primroses, cowslips, and oxlips. Domesticated, they lent their charms to the flower garden, most importantly to the Cottage Garden. Singly they are exquisite, en mass they dazzle.
