Primula vulgaris Rosebud F1 Rose Shades - English Primrose

The Primula acaulis Rosebud F1 'Rose Shades' is a garden primrose with flowers resembling just-opened roses, in a beautiful shade of pink fuchsia. They rise like a bouquet of roses above a lush ornamental foliage in dark green with black highlights. Semi-double, its small petals are tightly curled and undulated, appearing from December through the entire month of January. These new varieties bring these classic perennials, often grown as biennials, back into the spotlight. They are perfect in pots, containers, flower beds, borders, and thrive in sunny or semi-shaded areas, in fertile and moist soil.

The Primula Rosebud F1 'Rose Shades' is a herbaceous perennial plant from the primrose family, derived from Primula vulgaris or Primula acaulis that can be found in meadows and woodlands. It is a floriferous plant, forming a lovely clump of foliage within a few months, reaching heights of 15 to 20 cm (6 to 8in) and widths of 20 to 25 cm (8 to 10in). It develops more or less evergreen rosettes of veined and wavy leaves, with an oval shape and a good size, in a beautiful dark green colour with hints of almost black. 'Rose Shades' produces small semi-double flowers resembling just bloomed roses, with undulated and tightly curled petals, in a vibrant pink fuchsia shade.

The stemless Rosebud F1 'Rose Shades' primrose is a very early plant, flowering at a time when few other blooms are present in the garden and on balconies. Reliable and easy to grow, it surprises with its rose-like flowers, barely taller than its opulent and ornamental cushion of foliage. Whether in flower beds or containers on a balcony, it precedes the first early year blooms of late winter bulbs and other primroses. It can be paired with bushes or Hellebores, and small hybrid cyclamens. Primroses find their place in the garden in borders, under the cover of bushes, in rockeries, among snowdrops and violets. The leaves and flowers are edible and can be consumed raw or cooked.

Benefits: the flowers have soothing and calming properties and are used in expectorant preparations. The leaves help prevent bruising, and the entire plant (especially the root) has analgesic, antispasmodic, diuretic, and expectorant properties.