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• Primula beesiana Candelabra primrose, Bee’s primrose Z 4-8

  From 2-8 stems, each bearing a whorl of a dozen or so small, fuchsia-pink flowers encircling each leafless  stem like a ballerina’s tutu,, then alternating  with a leafless stem, the  another whorl of flowers then another section of leafless stem in tiers, Each whorl blooms in succession from the bottom up.

  

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  From 2-8 stems, each bearing a whorl of a dozen or so small, fuchsia-pink flowers encircling each leafless  stem like a ballerina’s tutu,, then alternating  with a leafless stem, the  another whorl of flowers then another section of leafless stem in tiers, Each whorl blooms in succession from the bottom up.

  Size: 1’ x 1’
  Care: part shade in moist or moist well-drained soil in neutral to acidic pH
  Native: Sichuan and Yunnan provinces in SW China and Myranmar
  Wildlife Value: attracts butterflies, bees and other pollinators
  Awards: Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden Merit

  Primula means “first spring” in Italian. The common name “Bee’s” is not for the insect; it’s for the nursery that grew them on and sold them and funded Scottish collector George Forrest’s trip to China to hunt for plants.  Forrest collected this around 1910. Naturalist Arthur Bulley (1861-1942) owned that nursery, Bees Ltd.