Description
As a true plant, this has become inexplicably scarce of recent years. The name can still be found in lists, but I would bet, fifty to one, that plants offered under this name either fail to arrive, or turn out to be hybrid!
We have a small number of flowering sized bulbs, which have arrived here from the only producer that I know of who grows the real plant!
Long-lasting, pale yellow flowers are borne throughout April on 10-15 cm stems. As these age, the pale yellow matures to a really beautiful, pastel primrose. It is shorter and far more beautifully coloured than any of the over-abundant hybrids.
Garden soil, good drainage, full sun. They can be lifted every few years to ease congestion and clean up old tunics, though this is not essential every year.
