Primula veris

Nature does it so well. These arrived all on their own 😃 #yellow #blue #primula-veris #forget-me-not

Not at all "common", really classy.

Very! 👍😂 @joannie.a

Agree absolutely, my “arrived by themselves “ forget me nots always look better than anything I’ve planted 😀

Nature just knows where to put them 👌 @darroch

A perfect combination 💙💛

Nature knows best 💙💛 @rachelbrooks

She serpently does! 😊

11 Apr 2019 • Why cowslip? Is it cow slip or cow’s lip? Good morning!

Who knows!! Hopefully someone can tell you!!

Found this on Wiki....... "The common name cowslip may derive from the old English for cow dung, probably because the plant was often found growing amongst the manure in cow pastures. An alternative derivation simply refers to slippery or boggy ground; again, a typical habitat for this plant"

Doh! I was so looking forward to it being cow’s lip 😉😂 Thanks Sarah @carolgs @sieveheadsarah

I was hoping it was going to be the banana skin of the cow world 😂😀😂

🤣🤣🤣 @sieveheadsarah

Morning Jacqueline, my lucky daughter is coming to Grasmere this weekend for a wedding. I’m not at all jealous 😩😂

There’s the bride link! I hope the weather holds. Can’t you stick your caravan on the back of her car when she’s not looking? 🤔🤔 @pelly @anges

Why, yes, so it is and I might just try that Jacqueline 👍😂

@awomanonabike @pelly 😀👰💐

Now I'm imagining cows slipping on banana peels 😂 @sieveheadsarah

😂😂😂 @waterlily

5 April 2018 • The first #cowslip to flower and it’s the rogue orange one! 🧡

great shot!

Thank you! @lordshankar

#orangeflowers

Gorgeous! I remember when Monty had blue muscari and orange cowslip on his display table (last year?) and I absolutely loved that orange cowslip. Actually had a look for one a garden shop earlier today but they only had the 'boring' yellow ones 😂

It’s pretty isn’t it, but I’m afraid it just appeared... I don’t know if they come true from seed or just revert back to yellow 🤔 @ublaszko

Lovely...and that beautiful fence in the background is magnificent!

Thank you Janice, it separates the wild garden & fruit & veg beds from the “pretty” part 😉 @lovestogarden

Nice! Such a great idea.

The wall then curves round to the right and becomes a retaining wall for my free-draining bed (aka builders’ rubble!) and runs alongside a footpath & river. @lovestogarden

I'm guessing it's a perennial so once you have an orange one you can keep dividing it?

Can’t see a cowslip...I’m drooling over the wall! 😉

Not sure what my cowslips have been up to 😉😉

They're blushing Jaqueline, so who knows? 😂😂😂

@pelly So they are! 😊😊😊

Just remembered that I found this down the garden the other day. So posting it to cheer myself up. If you need cheering up too, I hope it does the trick 🌱🌿🌼☀️💚💛

Fab 😊😊😊

I just love them Jaqueline 💛💛💛💛

Absolutely! I was just at the gc looking for this or something similar - but no luck, so I "had to" buy something else...

@johnson8301 Thanks Karen, they are a fab plant 🌱 😊💛

@pelly Me too Jane. I used to have lots in the lawn but they had to go when we attacked the moss & creeping buttercups.

@emve Ooh, what did you succumb to Mona?!

My son helped me realize that I own WAY TOO FEW hellebores, so something just had to be done!

Oh that's a shame. At least you've still got some. 👍👍👍

@emve How right he is! You can never have enough hellebores 👍🏻😊

@pelly I know. It was a big downer but yes at least they weren't the only ones 😊🌼😊

I'm cheered up 👍😊