This candelabra primula has foliage that forms a rosette. It has mid-green crinkly textured oblong leaves and the trumpet-shaped rose purple flowers appear in a whorled cluster high above the foliage on a slender stem from late spring to early summer.

Hardiness zones 5 to 9

Primula pulverulentais naturally found in China growing in wet meadows or on hillsides at an altitude from 2200 m to 2500 m (7,500 ft).

It prefers a semi-shaded to sunny wind protected position and grows in well-drained organic rich moist fertile soils that are tending acidic with a pH 5.8-6.8 and is frost tolerant but drought tender.

The Candelabra Primrose is grown for its flowers and clumping habit. It is planted in parks and gardens in damp places around water features or near bogs and is mass planted for bedding displays. It is suitable for coastal and low-mountain regions establishing in 1-2 years and is moderately long-lived. ID 3615

Primula (PREEM-ew-la) pulverulenta(POOL-veh-roo-LEN-tah)

Primulaceae (PRIM-ew-LAY-see-ee)
Primroses