Re: Corydalis lutea & ochroleuca
- Subject: Re: [SG] Corydalis lutea & ochroleuca
- From: M* T* <m*@HORT.NET>
- Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2004 03:34:41 -0400
As others have mentioned, C. lutea wants good winter drainage. I
find it happiest in good, highly organic soil in high dappled shade
although I had a patch for many years under some junipers with direct
mid day sun...it suddenly disappeared one year; think it was the
drought that got it.
C. ochroleuca seems to do best in an east facing bed of rotted
woodchips - actually the bed is behind a retaining wall. It's happy
as a clam. Gets bright light but no direct sun in the afternoon. It
also wants good winter drainage.
Both of these appreciate adequate moisture during the growing season;
both have reveled in two wet summers where they grew OK but did not
burgeon during our years of drought with supplemental water.
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@hort.net
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> From: Sheila Smith <sheilasmith@PIPELINE.COM>
> For those of you who have success with these, are they in a
protected area,
> or a damp spot, dry zone, next to a tree, or whatever? I had C.
ochroleuca
> for two years, then it vanished. It was planted in part shade,
full
> exposure to wind (except for this week, winds usually aren't
especially high
> during the summer), close to other plants, average watering in a
> well-drained site. Lean to moderate garden soil, close to
concrete...I
> can't think of anything else that might be significant. I live
fairly close
> to Jim.
