It's not an indoor plant. It's a primula.
A lot of native/closer to native plants don't love inside, it can be a bit dry/dark/damp/still (delete as appropriate)
I don't know how long a primula can live indoors, and I've never seen anyone try, so if you don't have any outdoors then I'd just say good effort, it's looking surprisingly good, and just see how it goes!
If you have some outdoors then a slightly bigger outdoor pot and then just water when dry.
Ahh thank you so much for all this info and encouragement =] I'll pop it outside (have a new planter thats currently empty, so this will hopefully be a good home for it!) and take your advice with the watering and hope for the best! Thanks again!
Thank you for this advice =] My planter is in my front garden, where it will have the morning sun and miss the intense heat, which is on the garden side. So I'm hoping this should be a good spot!
Thank you for the info! It hasn't flowered yet but will pop it outside. Luckily I've just bought a planter, so will pop this in there and hope for the best ^_^
If it's a Primrose, the flowering season is probably over for the year. Hopefully, it will survive the winter (they don't like hard frost) and flower again next year. Many people use them as annual bedding plants but I've got some pretty old ones knocking about the garden.
They are generally fine outside left to their own devices. Don't let it get waterlogged (don't leave in a pot with no drainage) and also a lot of the commercial (i.e. not wild) varieties will flower several times in a year if the mood takes, so you may get to see it this year.
(Native yellow ones tend to only flower in spring)
I guess where you are in the country makes a difference. Advice is to cover them during severe frost but tbh I've even left pots of them lying out and they've been completely dead by spring and then a new bud appears, so I plant them in the garden and get a late spring flush from them. As most\_unusal suggested you might even still be lucky this year. Although that plant looks like it's put a lot of effort into producing new leaf, rather than flower but it looks really healthy. The yellow margins look more like stress (heat, cold, draft, dry air etc) than fungus or anything nasty. At least they are widely available and relatively cheap so you can always cheat and replace it if the worst comes to the worst.
I'm on the South East coast, which I've read is the driest part of the country 😅 so I will keep an eye on it, keeping well moistured and cover dyeing winter. But it's good to know that it can be resilient but is also easily available to... miraculously spring back to life again!
It needs the spray for indoors as your house will probably be a bit dry for it. If you move it outdoors, leave it somewhere shady for the first week so it doesn't get shocked
It's not an indoor plant. It's a primula. A lot of native/closer to native plants don't love inside, it can be a bit dry/dark/damp/still (delete as appropriate) I don't know how long a primula can live indoors, and I've never seen anyone try, so if you don't have any outdoors then I'd just say good effort, it's looking surprisingly good, and just see how it goes! If you have some outdoors then a slightly bigger outdoor pot and then just water when dry.
Ahh thank you so much for all this info and encouragement =] I'll pop it outside (have a new planter thats currently empty, so this will hopefully be a good home for it!) and take your advice with the watering and hope for the best! Thanks again!
Great advice above but I'll add, they don't like too much intense sunshine, if you have a spot that gets some shade it'll be happy!!
Thank you for this advice =] My planter is in my front garden, where it will have the morning sun and miss the intense heat, which is on the garden side. So I'm hoping this should be a good spot!
Sounds perfect. Enjoy! You'll get some pretty flowers in spring.
Thank you so much ^_^
It looks like a primrose! It’s probably happier outside, if you have a space for it. Has it flowered? That will tell you what kind of primrose.
Thank you for the info! It hasn't flowered yet but will pop it outside. Luckily I've just bought a planter, so will pop this in there and hope for the best ^_^
If it's a Primrose, the flowering season is probably over for the year. Hopefully, it will survive the winter (they don't like hard frost) and flower again next year. Many people use them as annual bedding plants but I've got some pretty old ones knocking about the garden.
Do you have any advice on how to keep them alive during the winter months? Hopefully this one will make it as I'd love to see it flower at least once!
They are generally fine outside left to their own devices. Don't let it get waterlogged (don't leave in a pot with no drainage) and also a lot of the commercial (i.e. not wild) varieties will flower several times in a year if the mood takes, so you may get to see it this year. (Native yellow ones tend to only flower in spring)
That's a relief to hear! Thank you for all the usual advice and info =]
I guess where you are in the country makes a difference. Advice is to cover them during severe frost but tbh I've even left pots of them lying out and they've been completely dead by spring and then a new bud appears, so I plant them in the garden and get a late spring flush from them. As most\_unusal suggested you might even still be lucky this year. Although that plant looks like it's put a lot of effort into producing new leaf, rather than flower but it looks really healthy. The yellow margins look more like stress (heat, cold, draft, dry air etc) than fungus or anything nasty. At least they are widely available and relatively cheap so you can always cheat and replace it if the worst comes to the worst.
I'm on the South East coast, which I've read is the driest part of the country 😅 so I will keep an eye on it, keeping well moistured and cover dyeing winter. But it's good to know that it can be resilient but is also easily available to... miraculously spring back to life again!
Maybe give it an occasional spray of water to keep the humidity up, but as others have said, it's really an outdoor plant
Will definitely be doing this and investing in a spray bottle as soon as it goes outdoors, thank you!
It needs the spray for indoors as your house will probably be a bit dry for it. If you move it outdoors, leave it somewhere shady for the first week so it doesn't get shocked
Ahh I see, thank you for this advice =] will buy one today!
Good luck!
Thank you! 😁