Primrose
Taxonomy
Primula spp.
Primula
Primulaceae
Ericales
How to care for Primrose
How often to water your Primrose
every 9
Primrose needs 0.5 cups of water every 9 when it doesn’t get direct sunlight and is potted in a 5" pot.
Use our water calculator to personalize watering recommendations to your environment or download Greg for more advanced recommendations for all of your plants.
Water 0.5 cups every
9
Finding light for Primrose in your home
a window
Primrose may have difficulty thriving, and will drop leaves 🍃, without ample sunlight.
Place it less than 3 feet from a south-facing window to maximize the potential for growth.
Select your region to see how the current weather in your area affects the placement of Primrose in your home 🏡.
How to fertilize Primrose
Most potting soils come with ample nutrients which plants use to produce new growth.
By the time your plant has depleted the nutrients in its soil it’s likely grown enough to need a larger pot anyway.
To replenish this plant's nutrients, repot your Primrose after it doubles in size or once a year—whichever comes first.
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My common primroses have shriveled up. What can I do to fix them?
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I have a wood-burning stove, and the air indoors is very dry. Do you have any advice? At the moment, I’ve been misting it almost every day. Some plants, like my primrose, need watering twice as often as the app recommends, even though I’ve indicated that it’s near a radiator.
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What makes the leaves curl? #CommonPrimrose
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I’m so happy with this gal last year she barely gave me two flowers #HappyPlants #CommonPrimrose
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Why are the leaves curling? My primrose has been struggling. Any new growth is small and deformed. The leaves are curling in and I’ve had to cut off several yellow ones. Any idea what is going wrong?
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How should I trim old flowers? Cut at the base, or just the flower head? Working on getting this one healthier & happier #CommonPrimrose
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How come some of these flowers grow “dry” while others blossom? You’ll see on the side that there’s flowers that don’t really blossom, the petals are dry, but the actual blossoms appear in the center of the plant. What are the dry ones for? The middle blossoms appeared overnight one day and totally surprised me!
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How often to water? #CommonPrimrose This app is saying every 6 days, but that seems too long to wait,so I just thought I'll ask. Thanks for replies :)
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What dose it mean when it's leafs are down?
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My Plant keeper turning brown. What do It do?
Care Summary for Primrose
Primrose
Greg recommends:
Water
0.5 cups every 9 days
Placement
< 3ft from a window
Nutrients
Repot after 2x growth
Based on the 4” pot your plant is in, and that it doesn’t get direct sunlight.
