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My Primroses are in pots on my screened porch and they did very well this winter and spring. But now that the temps are in the high eighties, of course they are not happy.
Bearing in mind that they are in pots, what should be my next step to save them for next year? Or is it possible at all? Here is a collage I made of them.
My Primroses are in pots on my screened porch and they did very well this winter and spring. But now that the temps are in the high eighties, of course they are not happy.
Bearing in mind that they are in pots, what should be my next step to save them for next year? Or is it possible at all? Here is a collage I made of them.
If you want to keep them in pots permanently for the porch it would be advisable to repot them into bigger pots so the roots can spread more. Otherwise I'd suggest taking them out of their pots and plant them permanently into the ground in a location that gets mostly dappled sun all day. They don't like heat nor full sun all day. That way they'll benefit from any morning dew on the ground and it will be easier for them to grow bigger roots and to divide themselves. They might even bloom again in early autumn.
Where do you live? Here, it gets too hot for them in summer and of course, they would freeze to death in the winter. But in England they were everywhere due to the mild climate. I don't know if they could take the summer heat. Once I tried bringing them inside when it got too hot but that didn't work. I hope there's an answer for those of us who have to deal with the hot American summers because they are such beautiful little flowers.
Thank you for all your good replies! As I watched them looking so happy, I decided they might come back again in the spring if I put them outside. Like Zoisite said, I chose a part shady spot that I think they like. They gave me so much pleasure while they were blooming.
in_newengland, when we had really cold weather here in South Carolina, I covered them up at night and they survived some pretty cold nights like that.
Thank you, cjs123. Since I started them from seed, I was really surprised to get such a variety of colors!
Just planted a couple this spring. They'll get quite a bit of sun and I gave them lots of mulch. I also mulch some things in the fall so will add them to the fall mulching list.
Hi pslane, I’ve also enjoyed growing primroses this year for the first time. Since they’re perennials, after they stopped blooming, I put several in a large pot on the cool shady side of the barn. So far, they’ve gotten much larger and if they hold out when the heat hits, they’ll be set out next year.
The second picture is the last primrose in bloom, it’s peeking out from behind the foxgloves. Primroses can be a little fussy about water, but they’re nice spring flowering plants.
Primroses are annuals in SC. They prefer cooler temps.
They aren't perennials here in New England. Once it gets too hot, they die off. I can't imagine them making it through our winters either when the temperature is 5 or 10 degrees F during the day and they'd be buried under piles of snow for months.
Sadly, the only time they seem to thrive is in the spring. Same as pansies, another flower that would be enjoyable if it could survive the extremes in weather.
They aren't perennials here in New England. Once it gets too hot, they die off. I can't imagine them making it through our winters either when the temperature is 5 or 10 degrees F during the day and they'd be buried under piles of snow for months.
Sadly, the only time they seem to thrive is in the spring. Same as pansies, another flower that would be enjoyable if it could survive the extremes in weather.
Primroses actually require winter cold to come back the next year. They won't survive in sunny locations in warm summers. I am in zone 8 and they are supposed to behave as perennials here. I planted some a couple of years ago and stupidly placed them in an area where they got several hours of sun. Needless to say, they died. I might try again in a shady protected area.
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