Plant
Primrose
Wildflower
A pale-yellow harbinger of spring on woodland banks — with two flower types that must cross-pollinate, and seeds planted by ants.
💡 Fun Facts
- It is one of the very first flowers of spring, opening pale yellow on woodland banks.
- Primroses come in two kinds, 'pin' and 'thrum', which must swap pollen with each other to make seeds.
- Ants carry the seeds away to eat a tasty oily lump on them, planting new primroses as they go.
📅 Through the Year
- Flowering:March to May