Primula vulgaris ssp. sibthorpii - SIBTHORP'S PRIMROSE

Sibthorp's Primrose is the eastern Mediterranean and Balkan version of the English Primrose.

Large pink-magenta flowers in clusters, rosettes of crinkled leaves.

Goes well with spring bulbs and native ephemerals.

Award of Merit by RHS (Royal Horticultural Society).

Named after John Sibthorp (1758–1796), an Oxford botany professor who collected plants in Greece and the eastern Mediterranean.

Blooming Time: early to mid spring (end of March to April/May, depending to your zone)
Size: usually 3-6" tall x 5-8" wide
USDA Zones: 4 to 8
Culture: half sun, half shade, dappled (light) shade. Adaptable to many other soils, including clay.
Moisture Needs: medium, medium-moist, temporary moist soil, fairly drought tolerant once established (can turn dormant in serious drought, but comes back with late summer moisture)
Origin: eastern Mediterranean and Balkan
Black Walnut Tolerant: yes
Deer/Rabbit Resistant: yes / yes
Attracts Butterflies or Pollinators: flowers attract some bees (usually blooms too early for butterflies)
Attracts Hummingbirds: no
Pot Size: square 3.5" x 4" deep perennial pot
Plant combinations: Easy to grow woodland edge perennial. Great for shade or half shade gardens or shade parts of rock gardens. Combine with Aquilegia, Asarum, Brunnera, Dicentra, Disporum, Epimedium, Helleborus, Hepatica, Heuchera, Hosta, Lathrus vernus, Omphalodes, Polygonatum, Uvularia and spring ephemerals like Jeffersonia, Mertensia, Sanguinaria,Trillium, grasses like Carex and Hakonecloa.

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