The common primrose is really not so common. In fact, it flourishes only a few places in the world: Britain, New Zealand and -- surprise -- our own Pacific Coast. That should tell you something about ...

Scientists have identified the cluster of genes responsible for reproductive traits in the common primrose flower (Primula vulgaris), first noted as important by Charles Darwin more than 150 years ago ...

As winters go, the fast-departing season was a good one. It was a bit dry there before last week’s deluge, and a heavy snowstorm did awful damage to some trees, but the weather turned cold early and ...

For many, the earliest sign of a longed for spring is the arrival of the seed catalogs. For me, however, spring seems just around the corner with the first sighting of brightly colored primroses at Mr ...

Plant scientists at the University of East Anglia have succeeded in unravelling the complete genome sequence of the common primrose -- the plant whose reproductive biology captivated the Victorian ...

Researchers have genetically transformed the Common Primrose (Primula vulgaris) for the first time in a development that could shed light on one of the plant world's most renowned reproductive systems ...

Researchers have genetically transformed the Common Primrose (Primula vulgaris) for the first time in a development that could shed light on one of the plant world's most renowned reproductive systems ...

Streptocarpus (Streptocarpus) are commonly known as cape primrose, but don’t confuse them with the common primrose (Primula vulgaris), a perennial plant you may have grown outdoors at home. While the ...

With snow any day, it’s decision time for a particular plant, a hybrid of the common primrose. It’s in the rock garden and I’ve been walking by it every day. It will probably be buried in the white ...

Another life: Right through the winter the odd primrose shone beneath the hawthorn, making me wonder what sort of show they'd put on when the right time came. I needn't have worried: the blossom is ...