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Primrose

Wildflower

A pale-yellow harbinger of spring on woodland banks β€” with two flower types that must cross-pollinate, and seeds planted by ants.

Primrose
Primrose

πŸ’‘ 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.

πŸ“… Through the Year

  • Flowering:March to May