Corydalis 2019

[Gail]

Corydalis 'Korn's Purple' bought from Beth Chatto's nursery who say "From Peter Korn, Sweden. A selected seedling derving from C.flexuosa. elata & capitata."

[Leena]

'Korn's Purple' has been a very good Corydalis for me, too.

Corydalis solida is soon over, but here is C.kuznetzovii.
In the second picture a clump of seedlings ex  C.wendelboi 'Abant Wine', not like the mother plant but some even nicer.

[David Nicholson]

Corydalis 'Spinners', a nice plant but a bit of a spreader. The flower heads always show light lilac shades but, unless these are immature flower heads, some are showing a 'Manchester City' light blue.

[Leena]

Very nice David. I have it also and it seems to do well, not flowering yet.

The latest Corydalis solida are still flowering, this is 'Blushing Girl'.

[Leena]

Corydalis nobilis is flowering right now.

[Rick R.]

My Corydalis nobilis is nearing the end.  This pic taken 11 May.

[Leena]

Rick, your plant is so good looking! It grows in the open, so maybe that is why is has so much flowers.
My C.nobilis are more like weeds (but pretty ones!), and grow under trees where I had planted one maybe 20 years ago.
I like them, because they can look after themselves, and flower at this time well every year, no matter of frosts or anything. And soon they go below ground.

[Rick R.]

Yes Leena, that would be the case.  It grows in dappled, and open shade, with very little competition under a seviceberry tree.  It seems to be pretty optimal growing conditions.  When it dies back, it is covered with summer perennials, like Triosteum pinnatifidum.