Tuberous Corydalis 2021

[Tristan_He]

My Corydalis are suddenly starting to emerge with the warmer weather. This Corydalis sewerzowii is very difficult to get a good photo of that shows the whole plant, but hopefully I've managed to convey the feel. I've put it outside with the recent sunny weather to stop it getting leggy and it seems to appreciate this with the flowers colouring up beautifully. There are two clones here and I have crossed them with the hope of getting seed.

[Pauli]

Wonderful plant!

[Jan Jeddeloh]

Damn that's gorgeous.  I hope you get seed of it.  It must be fiddly to hand pollinate.

[Véronique Macrelle]

so pretty !
outside, maybe an insect will.

[Tristan_He]

We'll see. I haven't seen any insects on it but I went around with a fine paint brush, shoving it into each flower (it reminded me of one of those wildlife films where guillemots are feeding their young). Once I got the knack it was fairly straightforward. Fingers crossed.

[Andrew90]

Beautiful plant. Out of interest, where did you get the plants (or seeds) from? I've been on the look out for this!

[Tristan_He]

Hi Andrew, I got this from Pitcairn Alpines. Buried Treasure also has some nice Corydalis in this group.

[Leena]

Like all others have already said: a very beautiful Corydalis and special colour!

[Andrew90]

Thanks! I grow a few Corydalis species in the open garden, but haven't really had the facilities to tackle any of the Leontocoides types. I'm working on that!

[Tristan_He]

A nice C. solida, Penza Strain I think.



'Beth Evans'





C. wendelboi 'Abant Wine'. The camera struggled to capture the colour of this properly. It's a nice purple selection from Janis and seeds around for me.



C. malkensis also seeds around and is usually the first of the woodlanders.

[Tristan_He]

Some more C. malkensis, this time in the front garden. You can see some seedlings popping up. The mulch is the Christmas tree!



C. solida 'Lentune Scarlet'

[Leena]

Nice Corydalis, Tristan. C.wendelboi 'Abant Wine' is also one of my favourites, but it hasn't self seeded here. Once I got seeds from it and sowed them in pot, and from them most of the seedlings were similar to the mother plant but two were red! Very nice intense red, and they must be hybrids with red C.solida. Are your seedlings all similar to the mother plant?

[Tristan_He]

Hi Leena, so far as I can tell yes, all the seedlings are similar to the parent. But I am not very precise when it comes to Corydalis so it's possible that some red seedlings have popped up - difficult to tell as I have also planted C. solida and malkensis in the same area. Whatever they are, they are all welcome. I have scattered Corydalis seed in some different parts of the garden so hopefully it will pop up in some more areas.

[Gail]

Corydalis solida 'White Swallow'

[Tristan_He]

Ooo that's lovely Gail!