Primula vulgaris Belarina Vanilla- English Primrose

The 'Belarina Vanilla' Double Primrose is a truly delightful selection, with its very double flowers gathered in large cream-coloured clusters with a hint of vanilla on a bed of beautiful embossed leaves. The show continues for several weeks in spring. The lovely double primroses had almost disappeared, but they are making a comeback in the form of new, more vigorous and more floriferous selections in our gardens, terraces, and balconies. Offering a multitude of colours and a burst of optimism at the end of winter, they even grow in the shade and bloom for a long time.

Primula vulgaris (acaulis) Belarina Vanilla is a herbaceous perennial plant of the primrose family, derived from the common primrose commonly found in our meadows and woodlands. It is part of a series of recent creations that stand out for their doubled corollas, vibrant colours, and extended flowering period. These are floriferous and hardy plants that form pretty, dense clumps of foliage, 15 to 20 cm (6 to 8in) tall and 20 to 30 cm (8 to 12in) wide in just a few months. They develop rosettes of embossed and veined evergreen leaves. 'Belarina Vanilla' produces 3 to 4 cm (1 to 2in) wide flowers that appear for 4 to 5 weeks. They are highly double, resembling small roses, gathered in perfect clusters. When they first open, they are a very soft yellow colour, then they fade almost to white. They are beautiful, but also slightly fragrant and carried by short villous peduncles surrounded by luxuriant foliage.

Garden primroses are perennial plants grown as biennials. Perfect in pots, containers, flower beds, and borders, and they even grow in the shade in fertile, moist soil, they deserve a place in every garden and on every balcony. They announce the return of spring alongside botanical tulips, pansies, horned violets, and forget-me-nots. They are ideal under deciduous trees, in rockeries, and short grass meadows, where they mingle with snowdrops and violets. The leaves and flowers are edible and can be consumed raw or cooked.

Note: Attention, our plug plants are professional products reserved for experienced gardeners: upon receipt, transplant them as soon as possible, in pots, containers, or directly in flower beds.