primrose

"You can't argue with a primrose, they're absolutely glorious... red campions will flower all year round, and they are just so beneficial to all sorts of insects and wildlife," she said.

From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2026

Last weekend, visitors walking through Anza-Borrego Desert State Park and nearby areas found tall, bright sunflowers, deep pink desert sand-verbena, basket evening primrose and even elusive desert lilies, which thrilled photographers like myself.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 30, 2025

At field sites in eastern Washington, the researchers collected scent samples from pale evening primrose flowers.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 8, 2024

Compounds called nitrate radicals, which can be abundant in nighttime urban air, severely degrade the scent emitted by the pale evening primrose, reducing visits from pollinating hawk moths, researchers reported in Science on Thursday.

From New York Times ● Feb. 8, 2024

I start a small fire in the outdoor fireplace, wrap the primrose and artichoke in maple leaves, and clip some young shoots of a pokeweed.

From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

After the long British winter, creamy primroses and pink campions push out from the banks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026

I have fond memories of the woods in Sussex, where I grew up, filling with primroses early in the year and carpeted with bluebells in the spring.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2025

The metal base would include a glass mosaic depicting yellow primroses on stems with leaves of many shades of green.

From New York Times ● Feb. 23, 2023

Evening primroses are thin and crinkled with a tissue-like texture, which is one of my favorite textures to incorporate in my work.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2022

Flowers grow on her tiny wrought-iron balcony, and in summer she can estimate what time of day it is by feeling how wide the petals of the evening primroses have opened.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr