Re: Corydalils lutea or flava

In a message dated 5/24/02 2:28:14 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
lindsey@mallorn.com writes:

<< I have another question about Corydalis, too.  My Mom and I each have a
 plant that blooms in early April here (zone 5 USDA) and reaches about 10"
 high or so.  The flowers are a rosy-pink with just the slightest touch
 of lavender.  It goes dormant *very* early -- mine is already starting
 to yellow and retreat.  Is this most likely C. solida?  I've looked it
 up on the Web and feel that ours is defintely more pink... >>


What a bunch of posts!  The plants that go dormant are C. solida and there 
are many colors and forms of this species.   The are sold in bulb catalogs.  
You can seed over them with some shallow rooted annual such as nigella.  
These are very hardy here and again good rocky place plants.

The Lonsdale collection on the Granger Alpine site contains plants that are 
rare and often seed grown from collecting.  The collection is grown in 
Pennsylvania by an individual who specializes in small bulbs.  Some of these 
plants are not on the market.  But there are plenty of C. solida to find if 
you look around.  If Dr. Lonsdale has some plants that look like yours, just 
name yours after his and that will end the problem.  Someone gave me this 
advice on daffodils and it  has solved my problem.  There are so many plants 
and small bulbs entering this country from collected seed that many times it 
takes a specialist to give you a really exact ID.

Claire Peplowski
NYS z4

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