Mystery primula

[davidbr]

Sorry about the awful photos - I couldn't get any closer than about sixty feet away from the plant and it took every bit of zooming & subsequent cropping from my 12MP digital camera to even get these

Some kind of Primula, small and compact, and presumably thrown out with garden rubbish at some time or another. I've not been able to find a match online, but hopefully someone might be able to offer me an ID?

[KeenTeen17]

Your photos look like abstract art

After a bit of googling the possibilities could be

P. denticulata
a stunted P. japonica
but this could be just another garden weirdo thrown out. I can even see some Iceplant in the background.

and heres a link showing all the possible primulas
http://www.auriculaandprimula.org.uk..._primulas.html

[davidbr]

Originally Posted by KeenTeen17

Your photos look like abstract art

After a bit of googling the possibilities could be

P. denticulata
a stunted P. japonica
but this could be just another garden weirdo thrown out. I can even see some Iceplant in the background.

and heres a link showing all the possible primulas
European Primulas

I did say the pictures weren't up to much

Thanks, KT; Primula denticulata looks a good match, for some reason I hadn't found that one when I was searching myself

Good site, too - that'll be bookmarked for future reference

[Pippa]

A sad looking plant David but it seems that's what it is as we had a much better version in our garden back home.Yours look like the poor relations ha ha.Nothing to do with the camera,it's the plant itself.Obviously not a lot of water to hand there.

[davidbr]

Yes, it's a rather sorry-looking specimen

The camera I use isn't fantastic, but more than suits the purpose; I had to use maximum zoom, though, and then crop & enlarge again through Nero PhotoSnap to get a viewable image, so even with 12 megapixels it's turned into a pretty poor shot

I'm going to have to make a serious effort to get a better one, since it's a plant I certainly won't come across all that often in the wild

[Pippa]

Originally Posted by davidbr

Yes, it's a rather sorry-looking specimen

The camera I use isn't fantastic, but more than suits the purpose; I had to use maximum zoom, though, and then crop & enlarge again through Nero PhotoSnap to get a viewable image, so even with 12 megapixels it's turned into a pretty poor shot

I'm going to have to make a serious effort to get a better one, since it's a plant I certainly won't come across all that often in the wild

60 ft ,i couldn't get a decent pic like that on mine. period.

[KeenTeen17]

its still a nice plant nonetheless and even more shocking is the fact I got something right. I had better withdraw from Incorrect IDs anonymous social group