One other interpretation, slightly more convoluted, is that the “rose” here actually comes from the French name for hollyhock. Maybe someone was just using “rose” to mean “flower”? Most websites about primroses say that the name primrose means “first rose,” which asks us to stretch our imaginations and imagine that this flower is a rose. (zones 9-12) but flourish in the Mid-Atlantic region where we most need them to revive our spirits come March!Īll Clear on the “Prim” Thing. This means they don’t do well in the southernmost states in the U.S. These perennials actually need a little winter chill. You can enjoy primroses indoors even in the winter time, and you can generally plant them in early March and they will often bloom until late May. As one of the hardiest flowers around– sometimes blooming even in winter- primroses are the little firstlings that revive our spirits with their bright colors and give us hope of even warmer weather and more sunshine to come.
And primula is short for primula veris, translated, “little firstling of spring.” That’s because the prim in primrose comes from its Latin name, primula, derived from the Latin word for prime (as in “first”). They are more like the child who goes racing outdoors with bare feet on the first warm day of spring. Garden tea party for three ladies from the Joyce family (from the State Library of Queensland)īut these perky flowers are not named for their propriety. What is the “prim” in primrose? Is it prim as in “prim and proper”? That is what I first thought, and I always imagined primroses as old fashioned women in flouncy gowns, sipping tea from delicate tea cups, with their pinky fingers crooked.
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