What’s looking good in February 2020

@shiney what is that flower with the bright pink with deep yellow center? Thank you

 

Wow. Thank you! I don't think that would survive over here. I assume it is a perennial.

 

Hi Lori Primroses will be ok in USDA zones 4 to 8 and can survive their roots being frozen. The thing you have to be aware of with them is the summer heat, they can't stand heat or sunshine.

 

@KFF thank you. I think I'll try to figure out where I can put some. I just looked through all of my seed catalogues and not one has primrose in it. I'm guessing this is one of the flowers that I will have to swallow my stubborn pride and buy a plant in the spring instead of trying to grow from seed.

Such a beautiful flower! Thank you @shiney for naming it

 

I would have called it polyanthus.

 

Lots of seed online @CanadianLori

 

I didn't notice that before @pete . Polyanthus have all their flowers on a single stem whereas Primroses flower as one stem/one flower from the crown of the plant.
Sorry @shiney

 

You'll probably be able to buy it from Amazon.

 

I grow polyanthus along the path in front garden.
Being on the edge of the border they dry out in summer, even though they get watered i will lose some.So i collect seed and they come up well.
This one is a cross between a Primrose and polyanthus, can tell by the colour.

When I sow the seeds in a seed tray I put it in a plastic bag and put it in the fridge for 2 weeks, they think that they've had winter and they will germinate better.

 

They can vary from collected seed, but the bought seed should be the same as the description on the packet.

 

Yes a few years ago we bought some plants yellow, white and orange now i have those and all the colours inbetween and the odd one that's a Primrose yellow but looks like a polyanthus. I've got some cowslips that i didn't plant, they're probably seedlings from the others.