Re: Corydalis glaucescens
- Subject: Re: Corydalis glaucescens
- From: "Marge Talt" m*@hort.net
- Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2002 04:45:29 -0400
Thanks, Bill...most interesting. Does he place C. glaucescens in the
'Steppelanders' category?
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@hort.net
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> From: Blee811@aol.com
>
> In a message dated 8/24/02 1:52:05 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
mtalt@hort.net
> writes:
>
>
> > So, do you have C. glaucescens and, if so, is it
> > one that has to have scree like conditions to survive?
>
> No, I don't have it. I just received about a dozen corydalis from
Janis
> Ruksans, but they're all C. solida types. Ruksans catalog divides
corydalis
> into two types: Woodlanders and Steppelanders. Solida are
woodlanders,
> preferring peaty soil that never dries out completely and light
shade.
> Steppelanders "or bulb-belt species generally are sun-lovers and
need dryer
> summer conditions." Of C. glaucescens, he says "Flowers variable
from almost
> pure white to light pinkish lilac in beautiful dense racemes. "
He doesn't
> refer to scree conditions for any of the corydalis.
> Bill Lee
>
>
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