Corydalis 2016

[Cfred72]

Corydalis seed is loved by finches, if your not getting seed try covering with fleece. Mice and pheasants love eating the bulbs in spring.

It's true finches (Fringilla coelebs) are often on the ground near them. However, I fed a lot with sunflower seeds. He seems to prefer.

[Cfred72]

Fred it looks like you've a nice woodland garden, climate of the Ardennes has a favourable effect on the delicate Corydalis.

Yes, I have a lot of ground (1 hectare) and an undergrowth elsewhere (I also speak on another post). This is where push Narcissus pseudonarcissus with Allium ursinum, Arum maculatum, Anemone nemorosa, ...

[Yann]

Whouh , lucky you're, in my location i'll need 3 lifes to refund the land

[Cfred72]

It depends on what is called lucky. You can read this link, it's less fun for me.  http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=14171.0

[Carolyn]

Can anyone help with identifying this corydalis? A friend got it as C. nobilis, which we both agree it isn't. The book Bleeding Hearts, Corydalis and their Relatives leads me to think it might be C. heterocarpa, but the stems are described as "leafy, branched". These stems are branched - and a distinctive red colour - but i wouldn't describe them as leafy. A google search brought up several photos which seem to match my plant, but perhaps they are not correctly named. I remember there was a discussion a year or two ago about a wrongly named C. nobilis. The C.heterocarpa description does not mention red stems.
It's a super looking plant, which seeds itself around the garden.

[Maggi Young]

You're right, Carolyn, we've had several discussions on C. nobilis over the years, as a forum search will show! I think you'll find some interesting info on this thread though  http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=13099.0
which will help you to decide what your plant is.

[Carolyn]

Thanks, Maggi, I think my plant is the same one offered by Derry of specialplants.

[Chris Johnson]

Corydalis solida 'Transylvanica' - a richer pink than one shown earlier.

[Gabriela]

So pretty in pink

A few that are up here will get under snow tonight...

[Cfred72]

It's very nice that way too.  The corydalis are used to support a return of cold without any damage. 

[Cfred72]

I had never really paid attention, but I just find shapes in different colors Corydalis solida along a wooded road. They are naturally purple. There are also roses, more red, white, white with a little blue or purple ...
See the pictures below.

[Ian Y]

Nice to see the natural variation in colour Fred, just what I try and achieve in the garden.

[Cfred72]

What you are doing very well indeed. By cons I saw pink corydalis, but not as red as in your garden.

[Leena]

I'm still waiting for my C.solida to come up and flower but I have another Corydalis question.
I have C.panda and C.pseudobarbisepala, both are grown from seeds bought from Holubeck. They both flowered for the first time last summer.
I had planted them in my woodland bed, in semishade, but I've been wondering if I should move them to more sunnier and dried spot (if they are alive after this winter)? Their growth habit is not  very good, the stems are not erect.
Another question is about C.pachycentra. What kind of soil and place would you grow it? I have in the same woodland bed as the others and where C.elata and C.flexuosa hybrids thrive, and it barely stays alive. It has never flowered and only puts up a few small leaves. Clearly I'm doing something wrong with it.

[Cfred72]

I'm no expert, far from it ... You may be doing nothing wrong, some plants need to grow in mass to sustain with each other and do not fall. Perhaps it will take a few years to get something beautiful.