A little warm weather and I had to check out the garden stores. Found a few little gems for the shade garden. Belarina Cream Primrose (tagged: primula acaulis) ( photo / image / picture from Jewell's Garden ) This little Belarina Cream Primrose looks bright and shiny. Just the light for a dark shady spot. This is an old variety that has been revived. It has a very dark green leaf and will make a nice ground cover. Wonder how well it will do, and whether I will see these plants survive through the years. I only have one variety of primrose that has consistently done well or at least survived through the years. I also was on the look out for some heuchera. The ones I bought last summer did well and their foliage held up during the winter. I chose another light colored plant. The variety Snow Angel has very light leaves now and will have red flowers in the spring/summer. The other variety I bought had light color flowers so should add some variety and color to the shade. Heuchera 'Snow Angel" ( photo / image / picture from Jewell's Garden ) I finished off my purchases with some bare root Christmas ferns. Very cheap, but I haven't had much success with bare root plants. I also got a few more hardy cyclamen, white blooming. The small bulbs I bought a couple of years ago are doing well and I wanted to expand their numbers. I will try to not stab the cromb weeding like I have done in the past. ( photo / image / picture from Jewell's Garden ) Cyclamen hederifolium (Hardy Cyclamen) in bed of mother of thousands ( photo / image / picture from Jewell's Garden ) While I had my hands dirty I decided to take a nice hunk from the B.C. ginger. It is doing well under the grape next to an ever expanding sword fern. I took a good sized piece and all the little pieces that broke off and planted them into the shade garden. I have one more plant I need to move tomorrow, as well as order some bark, and maybe some landscaping bricks for an area I am thinking of terracing. I am hoping that the slugs let the hostas come back this spring and the groud covers start to take off once the weather warms up. I really don't like seeing bare ground. I have lots I could be doing week-ends, but haven't quite got the spring fever bug yet. Just the early symptoms. Asarum caudatum (British Columbia Wild Ginger) ( photo / image / picture from Jewell's Garden ) transplanted ginger ( photo / image / picture from Jewell's Garden )
The Belarina Cream Primrose is gorgeous and I like the idea of white cyclamen too. It won't be long now before I can head out to pick some plants for my garden - weather permitting of course.
Agreed ... that Primula is beautiful! I'm itching to go plant shopping ... last week I won a $25 gift card towards my next purchase at a local greenhouse
Lucky you Netty. We've had a drier than usual winter Eileen so I feel guilty not being out in the garden cleaning up.
Pretty primrose! I'd like to find one of those for my dad because primroses are his favorite! (I was surprised when Mom told me that! I never imagined that big, ol tough fella to have a favorite flower) :-D Tell me more about the "Mother of Thousands"
I really liked this posting alot, Jewell...but what blew me away were those double primula acaulis. Goodness gracious me!
Sjoerd, The primrose was mismarked. It's really Primula vulgaris Belarina® Cream. Thank you Toni! Stewbies are great for sleuthing. It is nicely scented. It is an old variety being cloned and being put back into the market place. Kay, I love the subtle colors of that heuchera too. The silver and pastel greens and pinks are really a pleasure to just gaze at. Stratsmom it is Soleirolia soleirolii (Mother of Thousands, Baby's Tears). Likes full shade with moisture. It's is evergreen most years, but some winters it is killed back to the ground and comes back from the roots. It spreads nicely if it likes where it is at. I use it on the base of some house plants too if they are in a well lit area.
Wow I love them all. But that primrose is stunning. One year I worked in a large plant growers green house. It was 6 or more acres of connected green houses. In the early spring they would start growing primroses. When they were in bloom just before they shipped them out the green houses where they were kept smelled heavenly. It was a very interesting job.
