How to Re-Pot a Primrose

More than 300 varieties of the small, delicate perennial flower known as the primrose exist. Several of these are ideal for keeping in pots, including the popular fair primrose and the Chinese primrose. Not looking much like a true rose, a primrose grows in clusters on single stems that reach 6 to 12 inches in height and bloom for approximately a month in the spring. If you find that you need to move your primrose to a different or larger pot, do so in early autumn once the plant has gone dormant.

Pot
Planting saucer
Small stones
High-humus potting soil
Gardening spade

Instructions

- 1
  Select a small to medium pot with a relatively large drain hole in the bottom. Fill a deep planting saucer with small stones and place the pot on top of them. Fill the pot two-thirds full of high-humus potting soil.
- 2
  Place one hand over the potted primrose and gently tip the current pot with your other hand. Shake the pot a little, if necessary, to remove the primrose from the pot and into your free hand. Be careful not to damage the roots.
- 3
  Jiggle any loose, old soil from the roots of the primrose. Place the primrose atop the soil in the new pot. Add more high-humus soil over the roots on all sides until the pot is nearly full and pat the surface of the soil lightly with your fingers.
- 4
  Fill the saucer with water up to the bottom of the pot and consistently keep the waterline at this level. Never water the primrose itself, or you will drown it. Place the repotted primrose in a cool, dim place to grow.

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