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Primulaceae
Candelabra Primrose
Primula bulleyana
Layered beauty.
- Family
- Primulaceae
- Genus
- Primula
- Native to
- China, Yunnan Province
- Bloom season
- Late Spring, Summer
- Type
- herbaceous perennial
- Height
- 1-2 ft
- Sunlight
- part shade
- Soil
- Moist, humus-rich, boggy
- Water
- high
- Hardiness
- 4-8
- Lifespan
- perennial
Did you know
- Flowers open in successive tiers up the stem, resembling a candelabra—hence the common name.
- Candelabra primroses thrive at the edges of streams and ponds where their roots stay consistently moist.
- The species was first collected by the Scottish plant hunter George Forrest in Yunnan, China in 1906.
- Different candelabra primrose species readily hybridize when planted near each other, producing a rainbow of color variations.
- A single mature plant can produce up to seven whorls of flowers stacked along its stem.
Color meanings
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grace
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devotion
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new beginnings