Question

Self-pollination does sometimes occur in primroses. Would you expect it to occur more often in pin-eyed or thrum-eyed primroses?

Answer 1

Answer:

Primroses' name celebrates their early appearance – they are the ‘prima rosa’, or the ‘first flower’, of spring.

Although they can be in bloom at the start of the New Year, by April primroses are at their finest in woods and on hedge-banks across the British Isles.

There are some particularly splendid displays in the thick old hedgerows of Devon and Cornwall in the English West Country.

Primroses (Primula vulgaris) flourish in mild, damp Atlantic climate, but elsewhere are common in open woods, especially where these are regularly cut for coppice and let in the light.

They prefer heavier soils that retain moisture and are less common in sandy places.