auricula 'Winifrid'

Alpine auriculas are best grown 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. Alternatively, grow in moderately fertile, moist but well-drained, humus-rich soil in full sun or partial shade

Deadhead after flowering

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

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

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