Prefers average soil on the acid side. Silver white meal on the bottom of the leaves and a frosting above. Considered the best farinose primrose. Primula halleri Zone 5. Easier and more robust growing than farinosa though usually shorter lived.
Flowers are lilac pink with a yellow center and black eye.
For best growth grow in a damp spot on the alkaline side. Primula helodoxa Zone 6. Dusty golden yellow flowers held in whorls around a 60cm. This primrose reaches 60cm. In sun prefers bog like conditions but in shade can tolerate drier soils.