Re: Corydalis
Jim,
Corydalis ochreleuca is a must. In a good location it can be two
feet in diameter and blooms all summer.
Bill Plummer
Painted Post, New York
Zone 5
----- Original Message -----
From: J.E. Shields <jshields@INDY.NET>
To: <shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU>
Sent: Friday, 24 September, 1999 11:18 AM
Subject: [SG] Corydalis
> Hi all,
>
> I'm back again -- decided this summer to convert my grove of
trees into a
> shade garden. Where better to go for advice than this group?
>
> At the moment I'm thinking about Corydalis. I have Corydalis
lutea
> (=Pseudofumaria lutea) from Gene Bush's Munchkin Nursery, and
some
> Corydalis solida. Has anyone had eny experience growing any of
the
> blue-flowered Corydalis in a woodlands garden? I have seen
Corydalis
> flexuosa 'Blue Panda' and C. flexuosa 'China Blue' for sale, and
would like
> to try them out. but there is no sense in wantonly killing
plants if they
> won't make it here in USDA zone 5 with our American
Horticultural Society
> Heat Zone 5 or warmer summers.
>
> Jim S.
>
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