Re: Corydalis and dry shade
Boy! Bobbie..
That is a bunch .... I am not in your area and handle things a bit differently
here nursery-wise, so I don't know how much help I can be. I find that Corydalis
lutea and ochr. resent winter wet... in fact they dissolve in pots here over
winter. (I do not use greenhouses here... everything rides outside with the
weather in open cold frames) I have learned to leave them in the garden until
early spring and then pot up to very open coarse medium.
Dicentra exima is a native here... they are used to drying out a bit during
August through September. They respond very well to lots of humus in the soil and
consistent *moisture* (not wet), but too much and the heat cooks the roots. One
needs to be a bit careful not to love these plants to death.
Take a look at the stems and roots... almost succulent... full of water
already.
Gene Bush Southern Indiana Zone 6a Munchkin Nursery
around the woods - around the world
genebush@otherside.com http://www.munchkinnursery.com
----- Original Message -----
From: Bobbi Brooks <lilylady@PRODIGY.NET>
Subject: Re: [SG] Corydalis and dry shade
> RE: corydalis - the yellow one, lutea? I believe.
>
> I love it because of the deep grey green foliage and that it blooms all
> season. I have a good size plant from last year that thankfully gave me
> some babies but i have not transplanted them yet. They are not very big.
> Wet season, maybe. I would like to pot them up for sale, use them on
> jobsites etc.
>
> Any advice as to if this is too late, should I wait until next season, what
> to pot in, when IS the best time to move them about, etc.
>
> I gather that I cannot put them on jobs that I was planning on...where
> woodlands AND irrigation are placed?
>
> Speaking of the above. Could that be also why some good size plants of
> Dicentra exemia rotted in an Aug planting? It gets very confusing between a
> large plant wilting, and the dryness that it might need when established!
> (or I might be all wet on that one). Oh, and the same plants are placed in
> other locations on the sight WITH irrigation, but without the complete
> compost mixture that I use.
>
> And people think gardening is easy huh? Plant requirements and soil prep
> are pretty darn important.
>
> "PUT THE PLANT WHERE IT WANTS TO BE, NOT WHERE I WANT IT"!!!!
>
> I keep saying it over and over, but darn it, there is the man controls
> nature thing that happens too....
>
> <BG>
>
> Bobbie B, with an 'e' or as I sometimes use, 'BB'! The techs have me down
> without the 'e' and oh well, who cares?
>
> Bobbie Brooks, MA zone 6.5
> Gardens In An Old Fashioned Way
> http://daylily.net/gardens/bobbiebrooks.htm
