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I have grown the species from seed several times, it does well in a pot but rapidly dies out in the garden. I think it would be more reliable in a scree
but if I tried that here it would have to compete with the moss. I bought this one as a young plant to try in a hydroponic system. Writing in the Bulletin of the Alpine Garden Society, Robert Rolfe says: "Here, too, is P. capitata subsp. mooreana, raised annually in the frame-yard and reliably flowering in its second year. Its mealy-farinose stems and bud cases, its disc-like heads of purplish-violet flowers and its long flowering season make it a very worthwhile choice. Few Sikkimese plants have taken so well to drier British gardens." The following year in the Alpine Diary he added: "Lawrence Hills, another soil analyst of note at the time, also championed its use. Writing for Gardening Illustrated in September 1940, he praised the very usefully late-flowering (June to August, although one has seen plants in full flower in mid-May) Himalayan Primula capitata subsp. mooreana, whose dark flowers and mealy stems rival the sophistication of much trickier species. While noting that it is often considered a plant of moist soils, he added that 'it will frequently flourish in full sum where it is not subject to summer drought' and that it appreciated 'mortar rubble in the mixture of leaf mouls, good loam and sand' for an optimum performance." |
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