Varieties will be limited in number so we recommend ordering early to avoid disappointment. We are aiming to have all plants uploaded to the website by 7pm. ![]() Please follow our growing instructions carefully, and please keep your seeds in the fridge if you are not sowing immediately. Our Primula auricula propagation and cataloguing is near completion and on Thursday 16th March we will be ready to release our first availability for the spring season. We want you to love our primulas and polyanthus flowers as much as we do and we take enormous care to ensure that your seeds reach you in good condition. There is a minimum number of 35 seeds per packet (except where stated otherwise) but there are usually many more and we try to be generous when we can. The amount of seed we have available varies considerably depending on weather and pollinating factors. ( palynology) A pronounced thickening at the corner of a trilete spore, beyond. Synonyms: atrial appendage, auricular appendix, auricle. ( anatomy) A small conical pouch projecting from either atrium of the heart. All seed is stored under refrigeration until the moment of despatch. auricula ( plural auriculae or auriculas ) ( anatomy) The external part of the ear. ![]() Once they have dried, seed is extracted from the pods by hand. Seed pods are picked singly and it takes skill and experience to harvest at the optimum moment. Bargain hunters may like to note there was no admission fee and a whole table of cakes were being offered at the knockdown price of 1 per slice. Visitors were ‘warmly welcomed’ from 2 o’clock onwards, so I headed on down. ![]() As the pods start to swell, there is a long battle against caterpillars, aphids, rots, birds and mice. It was a timely thought: the N.A.P.S.’s Northern Section’s auricula show was held at Kingsway School in Cheadle on Saturday. All our pollinating is done by hand in these tunnels and it takes a fair amount of dedication to spend days at a time with only fingers moving in cold, windy and damp weather.
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