Autumn 2013 Vol. 71 No. 4 American Primrose Society Autumn 2013

Primroses

The Quarterly Of The American Primrose Society

OFFICERS Primroses

Alan Lawrence, President Editor President’s Message Jane Guild P.O. Box 37 Primroses 2647 A Deville Road Alan Lawrence Lake Delton, WI Victoria BC V9B 3W9 Canada [email protected] [email protected] The Quarterly of the Rhondda Porter, Vice President Editorial Committee Two years ago, at about this time of year, I American Primrose Society 3604 Jolly Roger Crescent Maedythe Martin Judith Sellers Pender Island, BC V0N 2M2 Michael Plumb called in to see Mary Kordes way up in the (250) 629-6806 Alan Lawrence Keewenaw Penninsula in the UP of Michigan. Volume 71 No 4 Autumn 2013 [email protected] Joan Hoeffel I was hoping to return the following Spring Michael Plumb, Secretary Editorial Deadlines 3604 Jolly Roger Crescent Winter issue - October 15 when her Primulas would be in bloom, but The purpose of this Society is to bring the people Spring issue - January 15 Pender Island, BC V0N 2M2 interested in Primula together in an organization to Summer issue - April 15 events and the late snow conspired against (250) 629-6806 Autumn issue - July 15 increase the general knowledge of and interest in the [email protected] me. This year I did manage to make the return collecting, growing, breeding, showing and using ©American Primrose Society 2013 visit, a little late but still in time for the later Jon Kawaguchi, Treasurer Primroses (ISSN 0162-6671) is published in the landscape and garden of the genus Primula 3524 Bowman Court by the American Primrose, Primula and flowering plants, including a gorgeous pink Auricula Society. All material printed in the Alameda, CA 94502 in all its forms and to serve as a clearing house for quarterly, except as noted, is copyright by cowslip. It was interesting to see the back (510) 331-3337 APS. No part may be reproduced without collecting and disseminating information about [email protected] the permission of APS Manuscripts for crossing progression; a pink large-flowered Primula. publication are invited, though there is DIRECTORS no payment. Send articles, preferably in polyanthus, a pink false oxlip type hybrid Microsoft Word, directly to the editor. probably with cowslip parentage; this probably Through 2014 . . . . . Cheri Fluck Photographs are credited and used only 22675 SW Chapman Rd, Wing A with the permission of the photographer. back crossed with a cowslip to produce the Contents Sherwood, Oregon 97140 Photos submitted to the editor are preferred final pink cowslip. All three were in bloom. [email protected] in 300 dpi digital format but other images President’s Message by Alan Lawrence �� 3 can be accepted. Any material used that has As Mary may be moving soon, she generously Through 2015 . . . . Susan Schnare previously appeared elsewhere is properly What’s in a Pot? by Ruth Anderson �� 5 credited and used with the permission of shared with me divisions of many of her 373 Elbow Pond Rd the original publisher and/or creator. Preparing for Fall in My Garden 8 Andover NH 03216 favorites. The majority of these are Heritage My Garden in Qualicum Beach by Valerie [email protected] Membership in the Society includes a double primroses and Juliae hybrids along with Melanson �� 13 subscription to Primroses, seed exchange Amy Olmsted privileges, password to the member’s only a few other rarities. A division of P. abschasica Primula tangutica by Alan Elliot, �� 23 421 Birch Road section of the APS web site (including the Pictorial Dictionary) and use of the slide Hubbardton VT 05733 has gone to the National Collection in Alaska, Mary Delany by Joan Fraser �� 24 library. [email protected] and three plants: the double “Superior Sunset,” Seed Exchange 26 Dues for individual or household Renewal Reminder 28 Ed Buyarski membership, domestic and Canada are: the Juliae hybrid “Kristy,” and a hybrid Mary P.O. Box 33077 $25 per calendar year Membership list ...... 29 Juneau, AK 99803-3077 $70 for three years calls “Kathy.” All of these three were raised Overseas rates are: New Members ...... 35 (907) 789-2299 $32 per calendar year by Mary from seed. I feel very honored to be [email protected] $90 for three years. Officers of the Chapters ...... 35 Membership renewals are due November entrusted with this collection for which Mary Through 2016 . . . . .Julia Haldorson, 15 and are delinquent January 1. Submit has great affection. Membership payment to the treasurer. P. O. Box 292 Advertising rates per issue: I recently read the Primula section of Norman Greenbank, Washington 98253 Black and White: [email protected] Full page: $100 C. Deno’s book on germination, The Second Half page: $60 Edition of Seed Germination Theory and Credits: Photos and text reproduced with permission. Merrill Jensen 1/4 page: $30 c/o Jensen-Olson Arboretum 1/8 page: $15 Practice, which you can download or read 23035 Glacier Highway Color: Front Cover: 2012 Photo Contest winner in the category of Half page: $150 Juneau AK 99801 online from the USDA at http://naldc.nal.usda. “Other Gardens”: ‘Jay-Jay’ by Merrill Jensen at the Jensen- Full page: $300 [email protected] Back Cover: $450 Olsen Arboretum in Alaska. gov/download/41278/PDF Contact the treasurer for details. A few interesting points from this are: Back Cover: 2013 Photo Contest closes December 31, - Most species should be germinated in 2013 - send in your photos! American Primrose Society Autumn 2013 light. One exception is P. sinensis which should be germinated in the dark. What’s in a Pot? - Most species can be dry-stored at 70F for at least 6 months. Notable exceptions are P. sieboldii and P. rosea which cannot tolerate this Presentation by Ruth Anderson extended storage. Notes by Maedythe Martin As we are approaching seed exchange season, please collect fresh seed for I thought this would be an easy actually just collect the pots. the exchange, and dry-store it in the refrigerator until you send it, as seed topic to present. It’s only about On the website Dave’s Garden life is extended by the cooler temperature. And if you order P.sieboldii or pots! But when I went online, (davesgarden.com), Sally Miller P. rosea, sow it immediately as it has very limited shelf life. looking for the history of flower has done an article on pots: clay pots I got 3,800,000 hits! The Our newest board member, Merrill Jensen, from Juneau, Alaska, was the pots, made of terra cotta, which ancient Egyptians moved plants speaker at the APS National Show this past May. Merrill is the manager vary depending on the iron content in pots around. They had pots for of the Jensen-Olson Arboretum in Juneau. He coincidentally has the same in the clay. They can be lighter in funery rites. Romans brought in last name as Caroline Jensen after whom the Arboretum is named. He color or darker. The disadvantage plants for the winter, so used pots. started with the Arboretum in 2007 and runs a very busy program there: of these, as everyone knows, is that Even 10,000 years ago there were learning projects with local school students, special events like weddings minerals from the soil can seep into pots for plants! Who would have and wine-tastings, an annual plant sale, as well as the ongoing garden the clay, leaving a white bloom on thought? refurbishment through re-design, garden maintenance and the on-going the pot. But they are porous and search for funding. In ancient China there were flower the plant roots like them. Spode Merrill has added to the many Primula that Caroline grew in her garden, pots. I did not go into the which is now the Arboretum, and now boasts more than 70 species and research on this, but there Merrill continues to add to the collection. Merrill applied to the North is lots. In the 18th Century American Plant Collections Consortium, part of the American Public in Europe the fine china Gardens Association, for the official designation of “Primula Collection”, companies all made flower working diligently with the Consortium’s inspector to list all the species pots: Wedgewood, Spode, and count them. In September 2012 the Arboretum was approved as Copeland and Garett. Some an official holder of the National Collection of did pots covered with ceramic Primula. Merrill has more goals he would like plaques. to meet. He hopes to establish the Southeastern In 2004, the Blum Gallery at Alaska Horticultural Education Center on the the College of the Atlantic in grounds of the Arboretum as he continues to Bar Harbour, Maine did a show meet the mission entrusted by Caroline of on flower pots called A Place teaching others about horticulture, natural to Take Root: The History sciences, landscaping and, of course, of Flower Pots and Garden more information on Primula. Containers in America which covered the 18th century to now. It is apparent they are a Merrill at the podium for his garden feature in themselves. presentation at the APS National There are some so beautiful Show in May 2013 - picture taken we don’t even want to plant by his wife Kelly. in them! Now-a-days people American Primrose Society Autumn 2013

manufactured a double pot (there the best. There are many kinds of Being unglazed means they are formed terra cotta auricula pot she is a picture on the website) using small square plastic pots with many less likely to break. found on a trip to England. These local terra cotta. The other problem patterns of holes in the bottom. often have the maker’s name Maedythe Martin brought another with clay pots is that the larger they The white hard plastic pots seem to stamped in the clay on the bottom unglazed stoneware pot from the are, the more likelihood of damage break most easily. I even found in of the pot and complement the Grand Ridge pottery and nursery from frost - pieces break off. my collection of pots a cement one recreated striped auriculas of the (seen below\). Run by Steve Even empty pots can be damaged (seen below). I think it came from 17th century. Doonan and his cousin Phil Pearson, by winter weather. The problem the nursery and associated pottery I found one website that had may be that there is a tiny flaw produced pots that are tough and gorgeous purple metal pots, but in the pot, and water gets in and highly prized by gardeners. They these are really only an exterior expands with freezing weather, do last a long time. shell to cover the outside of another causing the pot to break. Owners more utilitarian pot. And colored often nest them for storage through pots get hot in the sunshine, which the winter, and this is sometimes is not good for plant roots. Never- enough to crack them. And some the-less the colored pots are really modern clay pots don’t have holes attractive. One Japanese company in the bottom – watch out for those. displayed hundreds of pots with Most clay pots probably need more Ernie Lythgoe in Victoria. I know saucers in a rainbow of colors. of a hole in any case. Even some the nurseryman Ed Lohbrunner of the pots in the shape called over there made cement pots in We all know now not to put “long toms” don’t have a hole. the 1940s, as they couldn’t afford crocking in the bottom of pots as One gardener I knew who was a to buy pots during the war. Many Doug and Ellen Smith brought a pot this disturbs the way water drains, force to be reckoned with, would of them broke as they weathered, in the shape of a cat (seen below). or actually doesn’t drain, out of the call my husband to come and drill a but some are still around, and the Ellen saw one in Victoria like this, pot. Use your soil mix throughout hole in the bottom of her pot! You square ones about 6 inches across and kept looking until she found it the pot. Use window screen over need a sharp masonry bit for this. are highly prized by alpine plant at a craft fair. It has feet and only the hole to prevent pests from And if the pot is glazed, it likely growers in the area. one tiny hole in the bottom. entering. will break if you try to drill a hole. I asked everyone to bring a favorite There are also papier mache-like Stoneware is extremely difficult to pot. Brent Hine brought a Japanese pressed paper pots and small trays start a hole in. unglazed pot (seen below) with for starting seedlings. When dry If you have broken terra cotta pots, moulded feet made of stoneware. they are hard, but when wet they you might break them up into small fall apart. These are meant to be pieces and add them to your mixes. planted with the seedlings so as not Being porous, they will trap air in to disturb the roots. They can also the mix. be used as a liner inside a more decorative pot. So, start some Besides the terra cotta pots, there seeds or pot a plant - just know that are lots and lots of plastic ones you are part of a long tradition of available now. The green square using a container to hold a plant so heavy plastic pots seem to last Maedythe also brought a hand it can be moved about. American Primrose Society Autumn 2013

out of the soil. It’s almost always helpful for overwintering small Preparing for Fall in My Garden the auricula group and the small seedlings, but almost any plant large The Editor surveyed growers in snow. Even with alternating thaws to medium-sized P. japonicas. I enough to go in the ground will do various parts of the country to find and refreezes, the polyanthus, P. push them back down into the soil as well or better there. I have had out what they do in preparation japonica, P. sieboldii and many and will often add more pea gravel a lot of small seedlings survive in for fall in their garden. Three other species still do well, but around the base of the crown to pots and trays outside, under leaf questions were asked: the Section Auricula species with wick away the moisture and protect and snow cover, without the added succulent foliage are subject to the crown. If I don’t take the time protection of a slightly warm box. What kind of winter weather having the lower leaves rot and to provide this added protection, I Last winter I had a tray of good- do you get in your area? sometimes, the whole plant will will lose those plants size P. japonica in the cold frame, die or be so weakened that it fails another tray under snow cover, and Do you do anything to help Kevin Baker ten or twelve plants (all I could your Primula plants get through to bloom. So we always hope for a deep and consistent snow cover. Edmonton, Alberta, find room for) in the peat bed. The the winter? Canada plants in the trays died (the cold frame made no difference) while Have you had success with any The only pre-winter preparation I the ones in the ground, under four particular effort you have made? do for the primulas is to remove all feet of snow, survived. I think the fallen leaves from anywhere around Zone 3: -30 to -40˚ F Here are the answers. Hope you the plants. They are all mostly difference was not that the plants find a tip or two for use in your mulched with buckshot pea gravel. Here, the best winter protection in the bed had deeper cover but own garden. We have many tulip trees with very is deep snow, but in case the large leaves that fall extremely late weather turns cold before snow Got Gaps? Joan Hoeffel in the year. It’s not unusual for falls, I like to be sure the plants New York State me to be out in November pulling are not exposed to, say, a -13˚F Back issues are available from the leaves off the garden from under November day (-31˚F with APS Quarterly Librarian. a light covering of snow. Also, I wind chill). I cover the beds Prices depend on the issue date: Zone 5: -10 to -20˚ F cut away any leaves from the base with leaves (spruce boughs of the plant that have faded or if I have any; willow boughs 2007-current $6.50 ea Here in upstate New York we are browned, sometimes leaving only to hold down the leaves) 1990-2006 $4.00 ea Hardiness Zone 5, although the the small growing center of the to provide some insulation 1989 and earlier $2.50 ea temperatures rarely get down as far foliage. Those in the woodland and protection from wind. as 20 degrees below zero (F), but must fend for themselves. In the I put dry leaves in the cold- Sets available: $36 we have had -15˚F on occasion. spring I will clean up the deep frame, too, When there is Our snow cover is schizophrenic leaves, but leave a shallow covering enough snow, I bury the cold For ordering please contact: -- a little, a lot, it thaws, it doesn’t under the plants. These are mostly frame completely. (Its lid/ thaw -- certainly, a good 12 inches Primula veris, P. vulgaris and the cover is an old shower door.) Cheri Fluck or more of snow that doesn’t polyanthus primroses. The cold frame is set against 22675 SW Chapman Road, Wing A thaw and freeze provides superb a basement window on the Sherwood, Oregon 97140 insulation for all my Primulas When we have severe winter thaws south side of the house, the Tel. 503 822 5012 and alpine plants that are held at or an early spring, I walk the garden warmest place it can be. Fax. 503 822 5166 about 32˚F under the blanket of to see which plants have heaved up I have found the cold frame [email protected] American Primrose Society Autumn 2013

that they were able to root down, weekend of April! This killed Bob Taylor I don’t let the plants get bone dry while the plants in the trays had most wild blueberry blossoms Yorkshire, England especially in December when it can outgrown the limited root space. and probably some bumblebees be quite mild. By then the shading I also put about a dozen P vialii and hummingbirds that had will have been removed. in the peat bed and had three just arrived. One result is more Zone 8: 20 to 10˚ F survive, while the remaining hungry bears this summer so far. Around this time I sort out which plants I think will be good enough seedlings, smaller ones left in the Winter did not want to let go. Here, in the North of England, to show and these I plunge (in their tray, came through just fine in the Winter begins in October or conventional wisdom, and I have pots of course) in a bench of old cold frame. You can never tell! November or even December some always followed it, is to keep course, dry, ropey peat that I have This winter, I know I will have years. Not sure what a normal auriculas relatively dry through used for ages, and which has even trays of seedlings that I didn’t get winter is anymore. Our coldest at the winter. Why? I am not sure. moved house with me. Again I around to pricking out/potting on. home in Juneau in 20 years has Primroses and polyanthuses take don’t know if this is necessary but They will go in the cold frame. But been 6˚F, with 20’s and 30’s more no harm from the coldest and since I have had the peat for about the best thing I can do for most is common. Snow fall from 60-200” wettest of winters left out in the 25 years I use it. It makes me happy find places in the garden for them over a winter season and sometimes open ground. and cover them when it gets cold. rain at the highway at the bottom of to feel I have done something to Another use for the cold frame our driveway but snow in our yard How cold and how wet? Well, protect the roots around the edge (and an unheated garage works at 150’ elevation. We seldom have we have to wait and see. Some of the pots from the cold. just as well, as long as the plants consistent, lasting snow cover for winters are very mild with are covered with snow and can’t the whole winter. the occasional cold snap dry out) is storage for plants that while others can be long and you want to get an early start in To help the Primula plants get hard with temperatures down spring, while outdoor plants in the through the winter I often use to -4°F. My auriculas are ground are still snowed under. The spruce or hemlock boughs over our transferred to the greenhouse insulating leaves can be removed perennial beds to slow the freezing from the cold frames around the from inside the cold frame, and and thawing which can be deadly end of October. Through the then the box, with its glass cover, for plants, especially young ones. summer and autumn they have becomes a sort of hothouse -- Other coverings have included been left in the open frames to though, in March, never really hot. burlap bags from our local coffee let rainfall do the watering so roaster store, or even fleecy quilt at this time they can be quite Ed Buyarski batting which is very effective in waterlogged. If the weather is Juneau, Alaska providing an insulating factor as sunny I put the shading back well. A possible drawback with on- I don’t want them to think any mulch is the danger of mice spring has arrived. Gradually and voles setting up their dining Zone 7: 10 to 0˚ F the plants dry out and the outer areas among our plants or near leaves die off, turning yellow Being on the north Pacific Coast, apple trees. All of these mulches at first and then brown. These weather is variable! Last year help to reduce damage from the brown leaves are removed and we had 21˚F three nights in late frequent freezing/thawing cycles by Christmas there is usually April then 15” snow on the last we have. just a central core of leaves. 10 11 American Primrose Society Autumn 2013

The remaining auricula plants are nothing has happened! The various put back into the covered frames beds they are in were well prepared My Garden in Qualicum Beach, BC and seem to do no worse. In January before they were planted, and the there is little to do. The plants are natural stream that runs into the By Valerie Melanson almost dry and are not growing pond in the yard ensures the ground in the short, dark, cold days. An is damp all year round. In winter In our series of member’s gardens sell a few plants at a nearby flea occasional visit is made to check the area is very wet, but they like in unusual places, we offer you market. that the greenhouse is intact and to this. If I had to chose, I would a glimpse of Valerie Melanson’s dream about the beautiful flowers recommend Primula pulverulenta hillside garden at the back of a When I moved to a garden to come. Early February is the time to anyone. It does so well for me. parking lot! One would never apartment in Qualicum Beach on to recommence watering to bring And I like the color and the farina suspect a collection of Primula Vancouver Island, my stock of the dreams to reality. on the stem and leaves. I notice and alpines behind the blackberry plants and my mini-greenhouse that a new path last year with slate bushes, but Valerie has carved came with me and I set up on our Carmen Varcoe slabs has hundreds of tiny P. out a place for her beloved plants patio here, planting out what would Victoria, BC, Canada japonica seedlings self-sown into with a great deal of hard work and thrive in our north facing aspect. the cracks between the slates. I determination. Shortly after moving in, I joined the will have to move them! The white Qualicum Beach Garden Club and Zone 8: 20 to 10° F varieties of P. japonica don’t seem I first began gardening in Vancouver the following spring started with to be as long lived and need about 10 years ago starting with its Alpine & Rock Garden Special In our mild, benign coastal climate dividing and replanting and herbs and tomatoes, plants that I Interest Group. I happily went on we are spoiled! I seldom do sometimes renewal after a number bought at my local garden center, several of the club’s bus trips and anything about the many candelabra of years. But that color form does Mandeville Gardens. At that time, got my first alpines at some local Primula in my garden, except rake look good with the leaves of the I was primarily concerned about nurseries: Brentwood Bay Garden the drifts of leaves off of them late other plants, luminescent in the food quality and health. I attended Centre and Dinter’s Nursery. I was in the fall. Many of the plants seem shade. a couple of lectures at VanDusen now hooked on alpines! to be long lived and just come back Gardens that really whetted my year after year. I divide them in the appetite to try growing plants from As a member of the building’s early spring, and they just move seed. Shortly thereafter I joined landscape committee, I gradually forward into growth as though the Royal Horticultural Society developed a rocky bank at the in England and ordered seeds end of the building into a rockery. from their member seed program. After a change of landscaper, the Hold the date! (Sadly, the seed distribution has committee asked me to move all my been restricted in the last few years plants to the back of the building National Show 2014 to the UK and EU). After seeing with the freedom to develop an April 12 & 13, 2014 - Portland, Oregon an article in “The Garden” about area behind the carports there that Campanula and loving their cute was overgrown with blackberry. Held in conjunction with Hortlandia, bells, I requested seeds and became They provided a new set of stairs Sponsored by the Hardy Plant Society of addicted to these beauties. I soon which you can see in my photo Oregon had lots of container plantings and on the following page. Though it trays of seedlings, so started to was hard digging and a challenge 12 13 American Primrose Society Autumn 2013

a friend, Eswyn Lister (we don’t know its actual name so call it Primula auricula ‘Eswyn’. Can anyone help with an ID? Please look at the photo. I was also inspired to start others from seed, including the classic yellow alpine plant. Marcia Hetherington and Maedythe Martin both fed my growing interest with offsets – thank you both!

Of course, my interest in alpines has continued to develop. While still collecting Campanula and Primula, I have become interested in other genera Valerie Melanson’s such as Draba, Calceolaria Garden in and Vancouver Island natives. But as you can Qualicum Beach imagine, this growing and Above: Sand plunges, trays and collecting has necessitated troughs the development of a to create a garden from scratch, it nursery area. I still sell was actually a boon. I was able to plants a few times a year and give scavenge a lot of rocks from my lots away at our Alpine Group existing beds and soon found lots meetings and at other garden club more lurking under the blackberry. meetings. But I’ve also put plants Mid: P. Vialii Here at the back of the building, in the extensions I’ve made to the facing south, there was a natural rockery and in sand plunges for Bottom: slope to the north, ideal for alpines. Primula. This spring saw a new Valerie’s The first beds were created in area in the crevice and rock garden garden in the Spring 2010: see more photos. and I added troughs. As a gardener, summer of you know how it goes! And the 2010 Primula collection keeps growing! I became interested in Primula Photos: Valerie when given a division of a Primula Melanson auricula cultivar that belonged to 14 15 American Primrose Society Autumn 2013

Above: Shade garden. Facing page - top: view of garden with steps shown in bottom right corner. Mid: Primula auricula ‘Eswyn’ from an offset. Bottom left\: Lovely clear yellow auricula grown from seed. Valerie’s Garden Continued Bottom right: P. denticulata grown from seed.

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Top Left: Primula auricula Top Left: Top Right: Primula auricula Detail of flowers from Top Right: top left Primula veris cowslip Middle Left: Middle Left: Primula veris elatior Primula ver auricula oxslips Middle Right: Bottom Right: Primula vulgaris Primrose Primula Polyanthus Bottom Left: Detail of leaves of Primula auricula (above) All images © Trustees of the British Museum All images © Trustees of the British Museum 18 19 American Primrose Society Autumn 2013 Kevin Baker’s Winter Garden Kevin Baker’s Right: This is my lone named hybrid Primula photo allionii, ‘Clarence Elliot.’ Emerging after five months and some weeks buried under from the leaves in a snow-covered box, it looks only slightly worse than when it went in. It needs University a bit of spring cleaning and will be budding of Alberta’s up in a couple weeks, I expect. Devonian Below: Everything in the cold frame appeared to have come through… Botanic contents of the cold frame after spring cleaning and a reviving snow bath Garden near Edmonton, Alberta of P. auricula leaves and green seed pods

Below: Merrill Jensens’s photo of the winners, National Show in New England, May 2013

Above: And these are pods on Primula denticulata. I saw several little seedlings in the wet shade bed this summer. Looks like next year there will be more. Self-sown seedlings are a sign the plants are in a good place. These seedlings grow into stronger plants than seed-tray seedlings. Best of Above: And here is a tray of well-grown all, they take care of themselves, while seedlings, if I say it myself. seedlings in pots require regular attention. Photos: Kevin Baker theplantsigrow.wordpress.com 20 21 American Primrose Society Autumn 2013 Primula tangutica, a Curious Primula tangutica Member of the Primula Family

“...the flower at Information supplied by Alan Elliot, the Royal Botanic notes by Maedythe Martin Garden, Edinburgh The Edinburgh Botanic Garden an article in The Gardeners’ is in the yellow color has managed to grow and flower Chronicle from 1905. This article range, almost yellow- one of the more unusually can be found in a link on Pam’s green, set off by the colored members of the Section website under the information on red flower tubes. Crystallophlomis, Subsection Primula tangutica. The plant was Striking! The yellow Maximowiczii. The petals of originally thought to be a sub- color varieties are Primula tangutica are long and species of P. maximowiczii and in sometimes called narrow and reflexed, making a the red color-form of the plant does Primula tangutica var. startling, starry effect. More usual remind one of “Max.” flavescens.” colors are in the red spectrum, from Pam’s information informs us that almost black through magenta to the type specimen, collected by E. ~ Alan Elliot pink. But the flower at the RBGE Wilson ca. 1904 and then cultivated is in the yellow color range, almost from seeds he collected resides at yellow-green, set off by the red KEW (specimen K000750181). flower tubes. Striking! The yellow The seed planted at the RBGE is color varieties are sometimes called from a far more recent collection. Primula tangutica var. flavescens. Alan Elliott has sent me the collection information, and Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh the identity was confirmed for Accession Number: 20101462. the RBGE by Pam Eveleigh of Name: Primula tangutica Duthie PrimulaWorld website fame. Collection Code: KEES [Kunming & Edinburgh Her fantastic website has a Expedition to Sichuan] Collection Number: 221. number of pictures of other Collection Date: 8 Sep 2010. plants of Primula tangutica, Locality: China: Sichuan: Litang County: Tuer Pass between Jiawa and Sangdui, south of Litang. showing the wide color Habitat: Marshy dwarf scrub heathland on granite variation. There is also a lot of rock. Associated Plants: Rhododendron, Rheum, Above: This magenta color-form of P. information on the origin and Potentilla. tangutica was photographed by Yvonne Altitude: 4,172 m. Rorrison in 2007 in Barkam-Danba, Mengbi, naming of the plant. Notes: Perennial herb up to 60 cm, leaves slightly Litang County, Sichuan, China. This is farinose below with a white midrib. in roughly the same area as the unusual This species was originally Sown 4 Nov 2010 yellow-green color form grown by the RBGE, discovered in 1880 in Kansu Potted on 10 May 2011 demonstrating the wide range of colors in Province, I find, from reading Plants out 24 May 2012 in the Woodland Garden this species. Top and left photos: Alan Elliot Flowered: 11 June 2013 22 23 American Primrose Society Autumn 2013

to politeness had little choice but decorated the Delville chapel. Mary Delany to submit to visiting. Sewing was On her own property for the first one of the few activities that could time, she was able to pursue her Joan Fraser be performed in company without interest in landscape. She liked to “I have invented a new way of accepted to a position in Court. reproach.” have a “harper” playing music in imitating flowers, I’ll send you But her family fell out of favour Mary’s embroidery was exceptional her garden. When Delany died in [one] next time I write….” Mary and was obliged to move from both for its execution and for its 1768, Mary moved back to central Delany’s idea was to make “paper London to the country. When she strong design. An outstanding item London. mosiacks” by cutting pieces of was 18, hoping to establish her shown in the exhibits was a panel In summers she spent much of her paper into exact botanical forms fortune, the Granvilles married she embroidered ca. 1739-40 for time with the Dowager Duchess of and mounting them on a black Mary off to Cornish MP Alexander her court dress. It has roses, lilies Portland at her home, Bulstrode. background. This was in 1772, Pendarves, forty years her senior. of the valley, carnations, primroses The Duchess’ chief interest was when she was 73. She was so “I was sacrificed. I lost not life and auriculas among other flowers in botany. This was a heady time pleased with the result that in indeed, but I lost all that makes strewn in a dazzling fashion across of discovery and innovation in the the next ten years she made life desirable.” Pendarves died black satin. Of her brilliant work, horticultural world. Formal Dutch almost 1000 collages, eventually suddenly four years later. He failed one reviewer said “Here is an artist gardens were being replaced by assembling them into ten volumes to provide for her in his will. who could handle light and shade Capability Brown’s more natural known as the Flora Delcania. For the next twenty years the with all the subtlety and daring of ones; new plants were being sent Two hundred and fifty years later young widow lived the life Soane himseLF - despite having to England by intrepid overseas interest in her work has revived described by Jane Austen. She worked in a context of relative explorers and Linnaeus’ recently because of exhibits at the Sir John stayed with relatives (Lord and constraint and regulation.” introduced plant classification Soane museum in London and Lady Stanley in their apartments system was gaining popularity. at the Yale Center for British Art Her interests did not stop at at Somerset House and their house embroidery. She took painting The Duchess surrounded herself in New Haven, Connecticut, as in Fulham) and later she shared with experts. Her curate was John well as from the production of a lessons, painted in oils and houses with friends and traveled sketched country scenes. She Lightfoot, a “botanical advisor”, fascinating and lavishly illustrated by horse and carriage on visits to and she employed George catalogue. tried cut paperwork, featherwork the country. She had an extensive and japanning. She began to Dionysius Ehret, a botanical artist, Mary Granville Pendarves correspondence and she developed collect shells when she was on to record her plants and instruct her Delany was born in 1700 to a great expertise in embroidery. a visit to Ireland in 1730. On children. Among the many visitors well connected English family in Embroidery could “[fill] up this trip she met Dr. Patrick to Bulstrode were Philip Miller, reduced circumstances. She was agreeably those intervals of time, Delany, Dean of Down, whom the horticulturalists who wrote the educated with a view to her being which too often hang heavily on she married thirteen years later. Gardener’s Dictionary, and Joseph the hands of a woman, if her lot She moved to Delville, in Ireland, Banks and Daniel Solander, just Hayden, Ruth, Mrs Delany her be cast in a retired situation….The and continuing her shellwork, she returned from their round the world life and her flowers, New Amsterdam, trip with Captain Cook. New Amsterdam Press, 1980, p.131 Mary deadliness of boring company was Delany writing to her niece Mary Port. often harder to bear than loneliness. Hester Chapone quoted in “The theory and practice of female accomplish- It was at Bulstrode that Mary Delany Mrs. Delany and her circle, edited Women whose families pretended ment”, Amanda Vickery, pp 94-109 in Mrs. started to make the collages. She by Mark Laird and Alicia Weisberg-Roberts, Delandy and her circle, p. 102. Yale Center for British Art, Sir John Soane “A life with flowers”, Elizabeth usually cut the shapes freehand and Elizabeth Eger, ‘A life with flow- Museum in association with Yale University Eger in TLS April 23, 2010, p 22-3, at 22. A ers”, a review of the exhibit in the TLS, April after mounting them she touched Press, New Haven and London, 2009. review of the Exhibit at the Soane. 23, 2012.pp22/3. 24 25 American Primrose Society Autumn 2013

them up with watercolours. On the the greater use of varying shades of correct number of stamens and formal appointment at Court, King back of each work she wrote the paper she had virtually eliminated styles…” Sometimes she included George III and Queen Charlotte plant name according to Linnaeus, the need to use watercolor and a dried part of a real plant. befriended her in her old age. She the pictures began to be made of died in 1788. and the donor. “She began to record Her work became so well known hundreds of finely cut snippets the day, month and year that each and respected that she was sent The Flora Delanica, dedicated to of colored paper. There is more one was completed. These dates samples of new plants from Kew the Duchess of Portland, is housed movement in the plants with leaves are of particular botanical interest Botanical Gardens and from the in the British Museum. The editors curled to show the lighter shades of Primroses are grateful for because her pictures included Chelsea Physic Garden. When some of the seven thousand plants beneath, and paper was cut with permission to reproduce pictures her eyesight started to fail in 1783, which arrived in Britain in the hair-like precision for the veins of the primrose and auricula Mrs. Delany stopped making her eighteenth century, brought back and stamens, giving a more life- collages included in the collection. like appearance to the plants.” “So collages. Although she never held a by explorers not only as proof of Hayden, p. 113. To see more, check the internet. reaching the unexplored world but meticulous was Mrs. Delany about for their economic, scientific and portraying the plants accurately that she took great care to cut the medicinal value...By this time her Hayden,Mrs. Delany her life and Renewal Time Again skills had reached their peak. With her flowers, PP 133-4. November and December are the time for renewals again at APS. This year, remember that you can pay through PayPal. Checks and Donating & Ordering Seeds money orders are also accepted.

The 2012-2013 APS Seed Exchange list of available seeds Unfortunately, the costs for the Quarterly are no longer covered will be on the homepage of the APS website in late Decem- by the membership fees. Rather than raise fees, the Society has ber, with a link to Instructions and printable Order Forms. asked for, and received, kind donations which have made possible Members may also request a printed copy of the List, In- the color pages in the quarterly – the biggest expense – for the structions and Order Form by sending a stamped, self-ad- last few years. In 2011 the cost was covered by donations from the B.C. Primula Group, the New England Chapter, the Doretta dressed envelope to Amy Olmsted 421 Birch Road, Hub- Klaber Chapter and particularly the Juneau Chapter – thank you to bardton, VT 05733 all these supporting groups! In addition there was a donation from an anonymous donor specifically for the quarterly, as well as many And remember - individual donations to help keep the Quarterly afloat. We are very it’s not too late to send in your seed donations! grateful to all these people.

When you are renewing your membership – if you have an extra In USA send seed to: dollar or two – please consider a donation along with your dues; Amy Olmsted 421 Birch Road, Hubbardton, VT 05733 the Society will be very grateful! You can designate how you want your donation allocated if you choose: supporting the seed Send seed in Canada and outside North America to: exchange, the National Show or the new Website Initiative. It all M. Martin 951 Joan Crescent, Victoria, BC V8S3L3 helps to keep the APS running.

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USA, 2014 - Mary Ann Dierckman, P. O. Box 210113, Auke Bay, AK, 99821 YEAR OF EXPIRY, NAME, ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE 2013 - Tricia Diggins, 6 Cape Road, Mendon, MA, 1756 Renewal Reminder LF - Wanda Adams, 919 Palm Ave., South Pasadena, CA, 91030-3028 2013 - Gina Docherty, 14051 Fejes Rd, Anchorage, AK, 99516 2013 - George Africa, Vermont Flower Farm, 256 Peacham Pond Rd, 2013 - Li Doyle, 5345 SW Arnold St, Portland, OR, 97219 Marshfield, VT, 05658-8099 2014 - Beth Dribin, 226 Indian Creek Rd, Wynnewood, PA, 19096 2013 - Kathryn Allen, 1223 Wellesley Rd, Madison, WI, 53705 2013 - Mark Dumont, 24A Messenger St, St Albans, VT, 5778 Julia Haldorson, Membership Secretary 2013 - Patricia L. Anderson, 3849 Apollo Dr, Anchorage, AK, 99504 2013 - Jeannette Dupey, 200 Meadowmere Rd, Deer Park, WA, 99006 2014 - Janice Anthony, 291 Hatch Rd., Jackson , ME, 4921 2013 - Mark R. Dyen, 132 Church St., Newton, MA, 2158 2013 - Patricai K. Apgar, 2 Howard Dr, Newton, NJ, 07860-6017 2013 - Dr. Roger Eichman, 223 Griffiths Point Rd, Nordland, WA, 98358 Membership in the American Primrose Society runs on the calendar year 2013 - Linda Bailey, 240 S Silke Rd, Apt 220, Colville , WA, 99114-9371 2013 - Elisabeth C. Miller Library, Box 354115, Seattle, WA, 98195-4115 LF - Larry Bailey, 1168 Silver Lake Dr., Sacramento, CA, 95831-1734 2013 - Lou Emmons, 7805 Tryon Grove Rd, Richmond, IL, 60071 and includes four issues of our journal “Primroses”; the first issue being 2013 - Jane A. Baldwin, 4907 Roger Dr, Anchorage, AK, 99507 2013 - Frank R. Fassl, 28 W 166 Lakeview Dr., Naperville, IL, 60564 2015 - Diane Balfour, 90 Riverside Drive, #14E, New York City, NY, 2013 - Charles Fay, 432 Cedar Ave, Highland Park, NJ, 8904 Winter, on to Spring, Summer and with Fall, the last issue for the year. As 10024 2014 - G. K. Fenderson, Grout Hill, P. O. 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Box 213, Morristown, TN, 37815 membership list in it (unless a member requests otherwise) and members 2461 LF - Cheryl Fluck, 22675 SW Chapman Rd, Wing A, Sherwood, OR, 2013 - Karen Barrett, 732 Hollow Rd, Ellicott, MD, 21043 97140 can refer to this list to see when their membership expires. 2014 - John Bartlett, 381 Long Rd., Gettysburg, PA, 17325-8608 GS - c/o Cheri Fluck, Quarterly Librarian, 22675 SW Chapman Rd, 2013 - Jacqueline Bassett, 8630 Palmer Rd, Presque Isle, WI, 54557 Wing A, Sherwood, OR, 97140 2013 - Christopher Baswell, 98 Second St, Athens, NY, 12015 2013 - Suzanne Forster, 1020 P St, Anchorage, AK, 99501 At the American Primrose Society website, wwwamericanprimrosesociety. 2015 - Stan Beadle, 4660 Glacier Hwy, Juneau, AK, 99801 LF - Melanie M. Fox, 14 Westbrook Place, Fairfield, CT, 6432 LF - Gregory E. Becker, P.O. Box 422, Entiat, WA, 98822-0422 2016 - Robbie Frankevich, P.O. Box 1001, Girdwood, AK, 99587 org, renewing is an easy process. One can use PayPal, the membership LF - Mr. Keith J. Benedict, 845 Keck Ave., Evansville, IN, 47711 2013 - Susan Ann Fredricks, PO Box 272, Skagway, AK, 99840 2013 - Ruth Bierhoff, 198 Fearrington Post, Pittsboro, NC, 27312 2013 - Linda Garton, 10540 Ashworth Ave. N., Seattle, WA, 98133 application form found there or the renewal form tucked into the Fall issue 2014 - Richard Bisso, 2503 Curtis Road, Champaign, IL, 61822-9630 2015 - Marla Gearhart, 4 Rock Cliff Rd, Marblehead, MA, 01945-1755 2013 - Blitheword Inc, c/o Gail Reed, 101 Ferry Rd, Bristol, RI, 2809 2013 - Barry Glick, Sunshine Farm and Gardens, HC 67, Box 539B, of “Primroses”. Submit payment to our Treasurer: LF - Margaret P. 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Box 292, Greenbank, WA, 98253 Juneau, AK, 99803-3077 2013 - Steve Hall, 4960 SW Hewett Blvd, Portland, OR, 97221 2013 - California-Davis University Library, Serials Records Section, LF - Debra Hall, 1110 Stellar Way, Kodiak, AK, 99615 • If your membership expires in 2013 - go to the website to renew 100 NW Quad, Davis, CA, 95616-5292 2015 - Renee Halsey, 402 Ridgeway Dr, Norfolk, NE, 68701 2017 - Carls Family, 3001 Fritz Cove Rd., Juneau, AK, 99801 2014 - Linda Hamm, 1 Fox Run Rd, Upton, MA, 1568 either by using PayPal or the membership application form; or 2013 - Barbara Cenova, 15 Ronan St Hillcrest, Binghamton, NY, 2013 - Sandra Kay Hampton, 3751 N Bell St, Chicago , IL, 60618 13901-1546 2013 - Carol Hanby, 107 Sunset Hill Rd, Branford, CT, 06405-6419 use the form found within the Fall issue of “Primroses”. (please 2013 - Lilian Chance, 730 Monument Road, Malvern, PA, 19355 2013 - Robin Hansen, Hansen Nursery, P. O. Box 1228, North Bend, note: Canadian members should not use Canadian checks. Our 2013 - Ruth Chaus, P. O. Box 1712, Bellevue, WA, 98009-1712 OR, 97459 2014 - Vivian Chelstad, 192 - 21st Ave., Sweet Home, OR, 97386-2701 LF - Cyrus Happy III, 11617 Gravelly Lake Dr. S.W., Tacoma, WA, 98499 bank charges us $10US for each Canadian check we deposit. 2013 - EP Ipswich, Christine Fessenden, 10 Estes St, Ipswich, MA, 2013 - Jeffrey Hartman, 66 S Shaker Rd, Harvard, MA, 1451 01938-2106 2013 - William Havens, 3518 - 96th St E, Tacoma, WA, 98446 International Money Orders can be deposited without a fee.) 2013 - Richard Clements, 6589 River Rd, Jordan, NY, 13080 2013 - Laurence Hawkins, 5976 Billings Road, Parkdale, OR, 97041 LF - Claire Cockcroft, 1403 - 143rd Ave. NE, Bellevue, WA, 98007-3914 2013 - Ulysses Hedrick, 125 Sill Rd, Locke, NY, 13092 • Submit your renewal to our Treasurer on or around November 15, 2013 - Jennifer Cooke, 360 River Rd, Lyme, NH, 3768 2013 - Daniel Hendrickson, 1087 Sylvan Dr, Benton Harbor, MI, 49022 2014 - Jean Cooke, 504 Mill Creek Dr, Gladwyne, PA, 19035 2013 - Janet E. 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Box 240312, Douglas, AK, 99824 2013 - Daniel Thompson, 473 Oslo Hollow, South Shore, KY, 41175 GS - Alpine Garden Society, The, A.G.S. Centre, Avon Bank, 2014 - Sue Wallbank, P. O. Box 342, South Hobart, Tasmania, 7004, 2013 - Shelby D Mellick, PO Box 58, Oldwick, NJ, 08858-0058 2013 - Kristine Trott, 19100 Williwaw Way, Juneau, AK, 99801 Pershore, Worcestershire, WR10 3JP, England Australia 2013 - Suzanne G. Merriman, 3513 W 79th Ave, Anchorage, AK, 99502 2013 - Alma Trucano, P.O. Box 020870, Juneau, AK, 99802 2014 - Gishu Aoki, 14-1 Banba-2, Midori-ku, Saitama-shi, 336-0912, 2015 - Diana A. Whimp, 47A Whau Valley Rd., Whangarei 0112, 2013 - Susan Michel, 3 Campert Dr, Ashford, CT, 6278 2015 - Carmel Tysver, 2030 Patriot Circle, Anchorage, AK, 99515 Japan Northland, New Zealand 2013 - Leslie Milde, P. O. Box 14, Fremont, NH, 3044 LF - Albert Ujueta, P.O. Box 127, Armonk, NY, 10504 2013 - Gerben Bauke v.d. 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American Primrose Society they saw the website. th f) Articles are needed from members – Please contact the webmaster. Minutes of the Board Meeting held on August 4 , 2013 g) MOTION (Rhondda / Amy): to accept the website report. Carried. 4. Membership (Julia): The meeting was held online. It opened at 6:20pm, EDST. nd Board members present: Paul Dick (President of the Juneau Chapter), Julia Haldorson a) Total number of paid-up members as of August 2 , 2013: 286 (Director and Membership Secretary), Merrill Jensen (Director), Jon Kawaguchi b) Life members: 44 (Treasurer), Alan Lawrence (APS President), Amy Olmsted (Director and Seed Exchange c) Total membership: 330 (286 + 44) Coordinator), Michael Plumb (Secretary and Webmaster), Rhondda Porter (APS Vice- d) Members still not paid: 40 President) e) Membership is down slightly compared with a year ago (7 members). Regrets: Ed Buyarski (Director), Cheri Fluck (Director), Maedythe Martin (Editor) f) As 176 memberships are due to expire at the end of 2013 - Julia will make an appeal in the fall quarterly, in addition to her usual reminders by email, A. Approval of the Agenda (Rhondda / Michael) etc. g) Julia asked for suggestions to increase membership. Some ideas: B. The Minutes of May 5th 2013 – Accepted as presented (Rhondda / Julia) corporate memberships (with benefit of website link), speaking to garden clubs, entire free copy of the quarterly on the website, use of Facebook C. Treasurer’s Report (Emailed before the meeting) and Twitter, garden tours. 1. Income less expenses April 1st, 2013 to June 30th, 2013: ($1,215.55) h) MOTION (Amy / Julia): to accept the Membership Report. Carried. 2. Income less expenses January 1st, 2013 to June 30th, 2013: ($826.27) E. Chapters 3. Total liabilities and equity as of June 30th, 2013: $26,751.56 1. New England: 2013 National Show Report is published in the summer quarterly 4. The final Seed Exchange balance is not yet factored in (See item D1). and on the website. Three new members joined the NE Chapter at the show. 5. MOTION (Amy/Paul): to accept the Treasurer’s report. Carried. Amy will ask the New England Chapter treasurer (Mary) to send the financial report to Jon. D. Committee Reports 2. Paul Dick is the new president of the Juneau Chapter. Ed Buyarski continues to 1. Seed Exchange 2012-2013 (Amy): serve as a director of the APS. The chapter is on a summer break, and will start a) Total income: $1,640.75. Total expenses: $1,187.19. Balance is $453.56 meeting again in September. Current chapter funds: $3,773. Ed has found the income. Ivanel Agee Trophy for Best Hybrid Julie. b) Since the society provided starting funds of $1,000, this means an actual 3. MOTION (Michael / Amy) to accept the chapter reports. Carried. loss of $546.44. c) Discussion included the possibility of charging all members one dollar a F. Business Arising and New Business packet in future seed exchanges (No vote taken). 1. National Show 2014: d) MOTION (Michael / Amy) to postpone approval of the Seed Exchange The BC Group is offering to sponsor the 2014 show, to be held in Portland, Report until next meeting. Carried. Oregon. 2. Editorial Committee (Maedythe Martin, report sent by email): MOTION (Michael / Paul): to hold the 2014 American Primrose Society a) The issues are coming out on time. National Show in Portland, Oregon, under the sponsorship of the BC Primula b) Some copies of the recent issue had serious blemishes. Alan, who Group. Carried. packages the quarterly, tries to catch poor quality copies, but is not able to 2. Making Quarterly issues available to the public on line: filter out all of them. He has enough extras to replace marred copies. Michael proposed making at least one issue available on line to encourage new c) MOTION (Rhondda / Amy) to accept the editorial report. Carried. members. 3. Website (Michael): MOTION (Amy / Michael): to post one issue on the website for all to see. a) The information provided by Google Analytics shows about 80% of Carried. visitors are from North America and 20% are based overseas. b) About 200 individual people visit the website per week (The number of G. Adjournment (Michael) at 7:50 pm EDST.

actual visits is higher, of course). rd c) The problem in uploading files of 2MB or more has been solved at the Next meeting: Sunday, November 3 (after end of daylight savings). server end. We now have an allowance of 20MB, which is more than adequate. Respectfully submitted, d) Michael will find out if it is possible to see how many people access the Michael Plumb, Secretary quarterly on line. e) Julia asked if there were a way to know who joined the society because 32 33 American Primrose Society Autumn 2013 Join the National New Members Auricula & Expiry Name, Address 2014 Crystal Brinson 32 Narragansett Blvd, Fairhaven, Massachusetts 02713 USA Primula Society

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www.auriculaandprimula.org.uk Should there ever be a question about your membership, please contact: Julia L. Haldorson, APS Membership P. O. Box 292 Greenbank, Washington 98253 USA [email protected] [email protected] Mr. Bobby Ward Executive Secretary, NARGS PO Box 18604 Raleigh, NC 27619-8604 £10.00 Overseas Membership.

to: The Honorary Treasurer, Roger Woods, 44 Tansey Crescent, Stoney Stanton, Leicestershire, LE9 4BT United Kingdom.

Officers of the Chapters

British Columbia Primrose Group Maedythe Martin, President New England Chapter 951 Joan Crescent Victoria, BC V8S Mark Dyen, Co-President 3L3 132 Church Street Newton, MA 02158 (250) 370-2951 [email protected] [email protected] Rodney Barker, Co-President Juneau Chapter 49 Woodcliff Road Newton Paul Dick, President Highlands, Box 33077 Juneau, AK 99803-3077 MA 02461 (907) 789-2299 [email protected] Overseas membership £7.50 ($10.00 US) [email protected] http://www.alaskaprimroses.org

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