Folk struggle with damp earth, cheerfully trying to grow all manner of things that demand good drainage and often neglecting those that are better suited to a continuous supply of moisture at the ...

The name primrose refers to a large number of plants, some of which are not primroses at all. Primroses are in fact part of the Primula family - Primula being Latin, and referring to the fact that ...

Everyone knows polyanthus – those brightly coloured primroses that cheer us up in spring. Many of them are quite hardy – though a blanket of snow will slow up their flowering – but the ...