Primula PrimeTime

5 series – 1 programme. PrimeTime is all about convenience. This programme flowers consecutively from November until March. Spread your flowering and offer the same colour distribution all season long.

  • Flowers in perfect order
  • Compact and uniform
  • Identical colours in all series
  • Less need of PGRs

Pharaoh

November - January

Salome®

December - February

Cairo

Early February – Early March

Luxor®

Late February – March

Esna®

Mid March – Late March

Potting week 36. Pictures taken of flowering stage end of February.

 

Pharaoh

Excellent for early season sales (November - January). The compact plants need no vernalization to flower. The smaller round leaves stay very clean, which means less cleaning at harvest.

* Pharaoh is only available as mix. (article number 38322)

Salome®

Salome is ideal for early spring sales between December and mid-February. This series requires low energy and less growth regulators which still results in good uniformity! Salome is all about big flowers on genetically compact plants. It has a compact habit, which means; more plants per m. Salome needs less PGR and has a long shelf life without stretching. 

Varieties

Salome® F1

Blue Impr.

38318

Salome® F1

Bright Red

30432

Salome® F1 Fire

Burgundy Red

32867

Salome® F1

Cream Yellow

12425

Salome® F1

Deep Rose Eye

30293

Salome® F1

Golden Yellow

30413

Salome® F1

Mid Blue

34778

Salome® F1

Orange Sun

16301

Salome® F1 Fire

Red

30417

Salome® F1

Rose

12428

Salome® F1

Violet

12957

Salome® F1

White

35211

Salome® F1

White-Rose Flame

35212

Performance pictures

Every year improvements are coming from our own breeding in the most important colours, such as blue.

Primula Salome blue vs. Salome Blue Impr. is about a week earlier. With Blue impr. The flowering window is even more closer to the other main colours like White, Red and Yellow.  Better leave quality and more uniform series of Salome! Picture taken on 10.01.2022.

Fire Burgundy is an additional novelty colour in Salome series next to Fire Red. Picture taken on 10.01.2022.

 

Cairo

Cairo is ideal for medium-early flowering sales between early February and March. Cairo is the prototype for all PrimeTime series in quality, uniformity and genetically compactness! It has big flowers on genetically compact plants. Due to its compact habit Cairo has more plants per m. Cairo needs less PGRs and has a long shelf life without stretching.

Varieties

Cairo F1

Apricot Peach

15145

Cairo F1

Blue Impr.

33983

Cairo F1

Burgundy

18620

Cairo F1

Cream Yellow

15136

Cairo F1

Lilac

18619

Cairo F1

Orange

15143

Cairo F1

Red Impr.

33996

Cairo F1

Rose

15140

Cairo F1

White

15142

Cairo F1

Yellow

15138

Performance pictures

Primula Cairo Red – Cairo Red Impr. Around 4 days earlier

Primula Cairo Red – Cairo Red Impr. Around 4 days earlier

 

Luxor®

Luxor is ideal for the late flowering sales between late February and March. The genetically compact plants with short dark green foliage have brightly coloured and big flowers on short stems. Because of its compact habit it produces more plants per m. Luxor needs Less PGRs and has a long shelf life without stretching.

Varieties

Luxor® F1

Blue

12439

Luxor® F1

Burgundy

12440

Luxor® F1

Cream Yellow

12441

Luxor® F1

Dark Violet

13302

Luxor® F1

Orange

13442

Luxor® F1

Red

12442

Luxor® F1

Rose

12445

Luxor® F1

White

12443

Luxor® F1

Yellow

12444

 

Esna®

Esna is the latest series in PrimeTime who flowers from mid to late March. Esna has genetically compact plants with short dark green foliage and brightly coloured big flowers on short stems. Its compact habit results in more plants per m. Esna needs less PGRs and has a long shelf life without stretching.

Varieties

Esna® F1

Blue

15185

Esna® F1

Cream Yellow

15186

Esna® F1

Orange

34435

Esna® F1

Red

34436

Esna® F1

Rose

15189

Esna® F1

White

15191

Esna® F1

Wine

34437

Esna® F1

Yellow

15193

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