Re: Corydalis lutea
- Subject: Re: Corydalis lutea
- From: E*@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 22:20:54 EST
In a message dated 2/26/03 5:40:06 PM Eastern Standard Time, Blee811@aol.com
writes:
> I have purchased what was identified as C. lutea before and it has died out
> on me. I bought a new plant last year and it persisted into winter--don't
> know what it's doing under our present snow and ice. Perhaps it will become
> a
> monster, but it's much more refined looking than C. flavula.
Bill, don't give up on C. lutea. Your experience is that of most growers.
You try here and try there and one day it settles down. C. ochroleuca is
very similar, yellow flowers less intense in color. We had this discussion a
while back and we decided you have a native plant. C. lutea is a lacy
blue-green which blooms all summer in a shady place. After deciding you have
done right by providing it a proper place it does seed itself around.
My experience is that in midsummer droughts most of the seedlings die off.
You may want to water those you would like to keep going. If it rains a lot
and they survive, they are welcome gifts. If you want them gone, they are
fragile while young and can be scraped off with a fingernail.
I have a large shady patch formed by some old trees and shrubs planted island
like extending from the trees. I like to see the bare spots covered, just
don't like bare stretches in what is garden area, so like a variety of shade
tolerant plants. C. lutea also grows in rocks and dry places when
established. Shearing it off midsummer gets you a new crop of foliage and
flowers. The summer dormant Corydalis are the tuberous species and they go
dormant nearly immediately after flowering.
Buy another, Bill. A bunch of them died here until one day one thrived and
now there are seedlings around. Both lutea and ochroleuca are very hardy.
The blue flowered Corydalis are more difficult though a number of new ones
are around for us to try. C. elata is recommended here and is in perennial
nurseries to buy off the bench. I plant all Corydalis in rocky areas, it
looks good around rocks.
Claire Peplowski
NYS z4
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