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    Enjoy early spring blooms with The prettiest primroses

    Sep 15, 2020 2 minutes

    AMED ‘Flower of the 12 Gods’ (dodecatheon) by the ancient Greeks and believed to have been a favourite of the 19th century Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli (to whose funeral Queen Victoria sent a wreath of them), the primrose is one of the floral signifiers of spring. However it is in autumn that we should act if we want to enjoy their blooms next year.

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