Plant Finder Features How It Works Pricing Testimonials Blog

The UK's leading eCommerce platform for horticulture businesses.

Product

Features
How It Works
Pricing

Company

About
Blog
Contact

Legal

Twitter LinkedIn

auricula 'White Ensign' | Plant Finder | Fill My Garden

Home/Plants/Annuals & Biennials

Plants > Annuals & Biennials

auricula 'White Ensign'

Primula auricula 'White Ensign' (Au/S)

Fragrant

Genus: Primula
Family: Primulaceae

About this plant

An evergreen, perennial, fancy, show auricula up to 20cm tall with rosettes of pale grey-green leaves. The fragrant flowers, produced in clusters on short stems in spring, have pale grey-green petals with dark red feathering, white centres and yellow eyes

Growing Information

Height

0.1-0.5 Metres

Spread

0.1-0.5 Metres

Hardiness

Foliage

Evergreen

Growing Conditions

Sunlight

Full SunPartial Shade

Soil

Loam

AcidAlkalineNeutral

Not Currently Available

This plant is not currently stocked at any garden centres on our platform.

Moisture

Poorly Drained

Aspect

West FacingEast FacingSouth Facing

Exposure

Exposed

Care Guide

Cultivation

Grow show auriculas in pots in an alpine house or cold frame, in a mix of equal parts loam-based potting compost, leaf mould, peat or peat-substitute, and grit. Avoid wetting mealy flowers or leaves

Pruning

Deadhead, and remove dead or damaged leaves as necessary

Propagation

Propagate by division or by separating and rooting offsets, after flowering

Pests

May be attacked by aphids, glasshouse red spider mite, slugs, leafhoppers and vine weevils

Diseases

May be subject to a virus, primula brown core and grey moulds

Garden Uses

Uses

Patio Container

Planting Places

Conservatory

Season of Interest

SpringSummerAutumnWinter

Size & Characteristics

Height

0.1-0.5 Metres

Spread

0.1-0.5 Metres

Habit

Clump Forming

Time to Full Height

Five To Ten Years