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When to split wild primroses

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  • 17-02-2009 8:45am
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    sorella
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    Our new dwelling has a wilderness to tame.

    And there is a large clump of wild primroses, which were in bloom in early October and have never been without flowers since.

    They are very congested and compacted and would bear splitting; any thoughts on when the best time to do this is, please?

    Lookig forward so the first spring here; when we planted new trees and hedging, there were so many bluebelll bulbs.

    Thank you


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    Thanos
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    Well the best time to do it is once they have finished flowering. However if you say they are continuing to flower then that is not much help.

    The best time to do it is early spring when most of the flowers have come and gone but I would just lift them and split them soon as yours seem to have forgotten to stop flowering..............


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    sorella
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    Ah thank you so much.

    It is very shelterd up here; they are atop an old stone wall and tucked neatly

    Hoping to be able to try pumpkins, runners, etc up here because of the enclosed shelter.
    Thanos wrote: »
    Well the best time to do it is once they have finished flowering. However if you say they are continuing to flower then that is not much help.

    The best time to do it is early spring when most of the flowers have come and gone but I would just lift them and split them soon as yours seem to have forgotten to stop flowering..............


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    macdonagh
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    If you trying to expand the primrose area, check carefully in the soil around the main clump, in a 2-3 meter radius. primroses are great as seeding and once you recognise the leaf u will have litterally hundreds of them to transplant. the leaves are mini version of the adult leaves


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    sorella
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    yes we have seen that!

    This is our first year here so a discovery time.

    There seem to be hundreds of bluebells just coming up in the wooded part; they have let sheep run through previously so the only reason the primroses survived is because they are atop an old wall.

    We want to add primroses to that area.
    Foxgloves abound; one of the few things sheep will not eat, and I am finding leaves of many wild flowers now.

    And fungus; rare ones like the Horn of Plenty last autumn.


    This summer will be very pleasant indeed.

    Thank you


    e=macdonagh;59229192]If you trying to expand the primrose area, check carefully in the soil around the main clump, in a 2-3 meter radius. primroses are great as seeding and once you recognise the leaf u will have litterally hundreds of them to transplant. the leaves are mini version of the adult leaves[/quote]


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