Re: Marge on Corydalis
- Subject: Re: Marge on Corydalis
- From: B*@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2002 08:49:30 EDT
In a message dated 6/2/02 4:07:58 AM Eastern Daylight Time, mtalt@hort.net
writes:
> You probably do have C. solida...the colors vary considerably; some
> are much lighter than others. Some call them pastel and some call
> them washed out:-) Very good clones have darker flowers.
>
> Here's a photo of a lighter version of C. solida
>
> http://www.nlh.no/institutt/ipf/maanplant/april/Corydalis-solida-lite.
> jpg
===>I have planted corms of C. solida three times and they've never come up.
> Seems to me that C. lutea is one of the more common varieties. I had
> it for years and then it disappeared and I've gotten it again from
> plant exchange. Would not want to be without it. I have found
> seedlings, but generally close to the parent plant. In my garden, it
> has not proven a weedy child, but even if it did, in a woodland
> garden, it makes a much better groundcover than creeping Charlie:-)
===>I bought a plant last weekend that looks exactly like this. Put it in a
gravelly spot and we'll see what happens.
>
> Here is C. flavula - I do not find a C. flava and think that may be a
> corruption of the actual name flavula. Its common name is pale
> corydalis - you can see it is a lighter yellow than C. lutea, which
> is a buttercup yellow; quite bright but not harsh.
===>I'm pretty sure this is the plant I have that I started this thread with.
>
> C. cheilanthifolia is said to have bronze foliage (evergreen in
> milder climates) - very ferny and yellow flowers...
===>I have two of these, each now one year old. They seem to grow into quite
large clumps, but haven't gone rampantly seeding around. Yet. I'm keeping an
eye on them because I think they could be monsters.
>
> Corydalis ochroleuca has white flowers, but it's a gem. Gene raved
> about it and sent me some and he was right...this one just keeps on
> flowering like the energizer bunny...
>
===>Bought one of these last weekend too, and also put it in a gravelly spot.
This is a rampant spreader from what I've seen in two local gardens, but I
like it. It looks great growing in spaces in stone walls.
> Bill, I think your paler colored plant might be C. ophiocarpa
===>Bought one of these last year and it didn't survive--sounds like I got
lucky!
> I just got Corydalis sempervirens this spring and hope it will prove
> happy for me...those cute bi-colored flowers just grabbed me. Don't
> mind if it does want to seed around.
Looked lovely in the photo, Marge. I'll keep a watch out for this one. Last
weekend I also bought C. 'Blackberry Wine'--I think it's a flexuosa, in which
case it probably won't last here.
Thanks for the great posting with photo references.
Bill Lee
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