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tanith Wed 08-Apr-20 13:01:21

I'm confused by these plants Primrose I get, Cowslip yes but the one with thin leaves puzzles me could it be Oxlip?

Grandmafrench Wed 08-Apr-20 13:33:59

It's not a Cowslip, wrong shaped flowers, but it does look as if it could be an Oxslip or a False Oxslip - the latter would probably depend on what other types of Primroses you have around it. It's very pretty, whatever !

tanith Wed 08-Apr-20 14:16:28

It’s the one with no flowers showing that I question Grandmafrench it has longer narrower leaves than my Primroses and Cowslips, maybe once the flowers open I’ll post another pic.

Grandmafrench Thu 09-Apr-20 21:48:01

Oh, do. I shall then trawl through my RHS Plants and Flowers book and also my book of wild flowers......and possibly still fail to recognise it ! grin

Chewbacca Thu 09-Apr-20 21:51:05

This is a cowslip....

Chewbacca Thu 09-Apr-20 21:52:47

This is a primrose

Chewbacca Thu 09-Apr-20 21:54:58

This is a primula...

MiniMoon Thu 09-Apr-20 22:06:14

I've shown it to my husband. He reckons that it is another variety of primrose. You'll know better when the flowers come out properly.

tanith Thu 09-Apr-20 22:35:02

I’ll check again tomorrow and hopefully flowers will of opened.

tanith Thu 09-Apr-20 22:40:39

Just looking at Chewbacca Cowslips which have hanging flowers are completely different to my Cowslips where the flowers are upright, very confusing.

Chewbacca Thu 09-Apr-20 23:21:01

It is confusing tanith, you're right. Apparently there are 17 different varieties, plus, in the wild, some will be cross pollinated. This is cowslip too but nothing like the others...

Callistemon Thu 09-Apr-20 23:38:38

Oxslips are paler than cowslips but I didn't think either tended to have such tapering leaves. No 3 are definitely primroses as found in hedgerows and banks in the wild.

My cowslips have disappeared from the lawn, no-one mowed them, just around them but they were just not there last year.