Categories DavidChinese pagoda primrose, Northycote Post author By David Post date 12 July 2015 Chinese pagoda primrose growing in the new sensory garden at Northycote Farm. This garden flower is also known as the red hot poker primrose and as the orchid primrose. The plant actually does originate in China. ← Flag irises with bee and hoverfly → Scarlet tiger moth, Bridgnorth