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Primulaceae
Himalayan Cowslip
Primula sikkimensis
Golden light in misty mountain valleys.
- Family
- Primulaceae
- Genus
- Primula
- Native to
- Himalayas, Tibet, Sikkim
- Bloom season
- Late Spring, Summer
- Type
- herbaceous perennial
- Height
- 30–90 cm
- Sunlight
- part shade
- Soil
- moist, boggy, acidic, humus-rich
- Water
- high; consistently moist to wet
- Hardiness
- 3–8
- Lifespan
- perennial
Did you know
- It was discovered by Joseph Dalton Hooker during his famous 1849 expedition to Sikkim and named for the region.
- The dangling funnel-shaped flowers are sweetly fragrant, particularly in the cool, humid air of bog gardens.
- Himalayan cowslip thrives beside streams and in boggy meadows at altitudes of 3,000–5,000 meters.
- The tall flower stems can carry up to 30 nodding blooms in a loose umbel, swaying gracefully in alpine breezes.
- It self-seeds readily in damp conditions, naturalizing to create golden drifts in favorable garden sites.
Color meanings
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youthful optimism
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mountain serenity
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