Plant Overview
A robust primula from Ireland and named after the poem by the Irish poet James Clarence Mangan.
Bronze-coloured leaves and burgundy striped pink flowers.
A very worthy garden plant.
Height: 15cm
Over hills, and thro’ dales,
Have I roam’d for your sake;
All yesterday I sail’d with sails
On river and on lake.
The Erne, at its highest flood,
I dash’d across unseen,
For there was lightning in my blood,
My Dark Rosaleen!
My own Rosaleen!
O, there was lightning in my blood,
Red lighten’d thro’ my blood.
My Dark Rosaleen!
You can read the full poem here.
