Doub e-flowered primroses feature strongly at UK trials

摘要

On most nurseries the first months of the year are more notable for bills than for inward cash flow. For bedding plant specialists this makes the public affection for primroses a very welcome feature to relieve the pressure. With very low energy requirements, they can be produced at low cost, but the margins growers achieve are often slender. Hugely popular as the simple basic primrose continues to be, bigger prices and better profits can be hoped for from less usual forms of the flower. Small wonder, then, that breeders give keen attention to 'doubleTflowered varieties and - that they featured prominently at UK primrose trials such as BallColegrave, Young Plants Ltd and Select Flowers & PJants in Norfolk.