Primrose is also known as true Cowslip, Saint Peter's Wort and Cowslip. It is a beautiful, small garden plant that is one of the first to flower in spring. Ensure a spot with shade or filtered sunlight. It is an early bloomer that is not so common in the wild anymore. It is often found in gardens. This plant has yellow flowers. This is the wild form. The flowers have all sorts of different colours such as red, pink, purple, yellow, orange and white. It is an ideal plant to put under a tree or bush.
Use the root in, for example, tea to help cough up phlegm and as an anti-inflammatory for the airways. It also provides relief from brochitis. It also has a calming and relaxing effect on the muscles. Primula or Dandelion is edible. The flowers can be used in salads, in desserts in pies and cakes and in jam. Not only the flowers are edible, but also the stems and the leaves. The flowers taste like aniseed. In medicine, Primrose is used against rheumatism, cramps, fits, headaches, colds and insomnia. Blooms from April to June. A hardy, perennial plant. Height: 15 - 30 cm.
Indoor sowing: March - May
Outdoor sowing: May - July
Germination: 10 - 15 days
Germination temperature: 18 - 23 C°
Sowing depth: shallow
Plant distance: 35 - 45 cm
Plant position: moist with shadow
Flowering period: April - June
Harverst period: June - October
From March onwards you can sow indoors in a tray filled with moist soil. Sow thinly and shallowly. Press the seeds gently. Primrose is a light germinator. Take care for sufficient light and warmth. Place the tray in a propagator or in a warm room. Do not let the temperature drop at night. A temperature that is as even as possible will ensure good germination. Remove the lid as soon as the seedlings emerge. Repot the seedlings in separate small pots from the end of April. From the beginning of May, put the seedlings outside during the day for 10 - 14 days to harden off. After this the seedlings can be put in a damp place with some shade from mid May, as soon as there is no chance of night frost. Keep the plants 35 - 45 cm apart. Keep well moist and weed free. Give the plants plenty of water, especially in dry weather.
Sow outside from mid-May, as soon as there is no chance of night frost. Sow in a sheltered, shady and moist place under trees or bushes. As soon as the seedlings are large enough to handle, thin out at a distance of 35 - 45 cm. Keep well moist and free of weeds.
This spring flowering plant blooms from April to June. The flowers can be harvested from June. Primula or Cowslip is edible. The flowers can be used in salads, in desserts in pies and cakes and in jam. Not only the flowers are edible, but also the stems and the leaves. The flowers taste like aniseed. In medicine, Primrose is used against rheumatism, cramps, fits, headaches, colds and insomnia.
