![]() If you are able to visit us from mid-March to April, we are sure you will enjoy browsing through our Alpine Sales area where, as well as a fine selection of Primula auricula, there are many other small treasures to be discovered. They will always perform best in the protected environment of a cold greenhouse. Show auriculas will grow outside in a sheltered position but heavy rain and wind will wash away the meal on the flowers and foliage. We offer an excellent range of plants of Show auriculas raised from cuttings. An eye-catching variety for an auricula theatre. This grey-edged show variety has beautiful serrated green-grey leaves, the colour of which is picked up in the dusty green, white, yellow and black flowers. Named varieties of ‘Show’ auriculas have powdery ‘meal’ or ‘farina’ on the flowers and foliage and their various forms includes ‘selfs’, ‘edged’, ‘stripes’ and ‘fancies’. Primula auricula Lovebird is an older variety raised in 1908. These are suitable for a sheltered garden or cold greenhouse cultivation. ![]() ![]() Named varieties of ‘ Alpine’ and ‘Double’ auriculas raised from cuttings are also offered for sale as flowering-sized plants. Available as flowering-sized plants, plug plants or seed, they are suitable for both garden and cold greenhouse cultivation. ‘Alpine’ auriculas have blooms of intensely rich colour, wonderful shading and delightful fragrance, produced from mid-March to April. Hardy and exquisite, Border and Alpine Auriculas are vigorous, free-flowering primroses that are strong and sturdy enough to withstand most weather. The Auricula takes its name from auricula theatres - a community garden design developed in urban Britain at the. Primula auricula Ashwood ‘Alpine’ Strain has been developed here at Ashwood as a result of careful hand-pollination and selection. ![]() These beautiful plants are one of the simple pleasures of the Spring garden and their jewel-like beauty, exquisite forms and subtle fragrance never fail to captivate. Auriculas are a long-established speciality at Ashwood. ![]()
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