What: A harbinger of spring, Primula veris brightens the garden with its multiple golden yellow flowers. Cowslip has a smidgen of orange to reddish color at the base, inside each flower. In “A ...

A basket of flowering primroses sat on my kitchen table from mid-January through Easter. These were the so-called English primrose, Primula vulgaris, native to southern and western Europe, northwest ...

The results of cowslip observations carried out with the help of citizen scientists from 32 countries in over 5,200 locations shed light on the well-being of insect-pollinated plants under changing ...

EARLIER this week on a brisk evening walk along the coast they caught my eye from a 100 yards away. Hundreds of them used to populate all the steep banks in this particular field, what’s known locally ...

Now that spring gardens are finally taking shape, the Country Life Nursery is bursting with plants of all kinds, all of which can be delivered to your door in just a couple of days. For instance you ...

We have three native primulas in England. Everyone knows two of them, the primrose (Primula vulgaris) and the cowslip (P. veris); both are wonderfully prolific in the wild and easy to grow as garden ...

Citizen science initiative "Looking for Cowslips" has started successfully. This spring, everybody can take part in the largest cowslip observation campaign in Europe and contribute to science. The ...

COWSLIP wine, cowslip balls, cowslip posies and cowslip cream are long gone, as are the swards of flowers in the fields that once provided the raw materials. Cowslips are making a come-back in some ...

You hear a lot about the biodiversity crisis but sometimes it can appear as an abstract notion that’s difficult to get your head around. It’s not immediately apparent to most of us that our native ...