Author Topic: Janis Ruksans' plant collection - mostly bulbs April 2021 (Read 9033 times)

Maggi Young · « **Reply #15 on:** April 10, 2021, 02:14:34 PM »

Now for some of Janis' Corydalis.....
"Now in full bloom are Corydalis. Of course - far from this glory, when I grew them in outside garden. In pots (now) they are too crowded and growing capacity is much poorer. Stems are brittle and replacing of pots outside is not easy, too. This winter I lost some very nice things - from species they are ussuriensis, repens, fumariifolia, magadanica, bracteata (the last in greenhouse only, some selfsawn seedlings left in outside garden on Hosta bed) and few of my very first cultivars - Blushing Girl, Snowstorm, Zarja Povolzja and may be few others. They all were selected around 50 years ago and I think that it was age what bring death to them. Only propagation from seeds are renewing plant, but during vegetative multiplying (splitting) plants became elder every coming year and once comes end... That is why I recommend to.... buy all colour types and to allow them selfsowing in garden, in such a way keeping all colour types as renewed tubers."

Sic transit gloria mundi - my Corydalis beds in outside garden 16 years ago...

Janis Ruksans' plant collection - mostly bulbs April 2021

From Far East species my favorite is Corydalis ornata with its rainbow of white-blue-lilac-pinkish colours

Corydalis ornata

The best white form of Corydalis ornata

Corydalis solida Guna-3 - selected by my wife Guna from her hosta bed.

Maggi Young · « **Reply #16 on:** April 10, 2021, 02:17:29 PM »

Corydalis caucasica 'Clown' - it was selected by Russian botanist Sergey Banketov.

Corydalis wendelboii 'Abant Wine'

Corydalis x allenii 14-01 is hybrid between bracteata and solida and every year somewhere in garden appears new slightly different types.

Excellent hybrid between Corydalis gorinensis x magadanica

It is registered as hybrid between Corydalis bracteata x gorinensis 21-12 - both parents are yellow. From where came this fantastic pink shade ?

Maggi Young · « **Reply #17 on:** April 10, 2021, 02:22:46 PM »

Corydalis solida 'Zbraslav' - from Czech Republic

Now will follow unnamed seedlings of Corydalis solida - 01-02

Corydalis solida 14-03

Corydalis solida 14-04

Corydalis solida 20-05

Maggi Young · « **Reply #18 on:** April 10, 2021, 02:25:22 PM »

more Corydalis solida selections ...

Corydalis solida 14-06

Corydalis solida 19-31

Corydalis solida 14-08

Corydalis solida 14-09

Corydalis solida 97-19

Maggi Young · « **Reply #19 on:** April 10, 2021, 02:31:15 PM »

Corydalis solida 97-32

Corydalis solida 98-13

and two more C. solida named forms ...

Corydalis solida 'Smile of Spring'

Corydalis solida 'Spring Jewel'

kris · « **Reply #20 on:** April 10, 2021, 02:44:09 PM »

Hi Maggie fantastic collection of flowers. Janis has lots of stunning varieties of plants. Thanks for showing them.

Leena · « **Reply #21 on:** April 11, 2021, 05:35:32 PM »

Wonderful Corydalis!
Somehow my favourite from the unnamed is the first on 01-02, the smoky blue shade is very nice.
C.ornata is fabulous. I tried it once maybe 9 years ago, but it died the first winter (outside).
I'm sad to hear about Janis losing so many Corydalis this winter.

Maggi Young · « **Reply #22 on:** April 11, 2021, 10:50:41 PM »

Quote from: Leena on April 11, 2021, 05:35:32 PM

I'm sad to hear about Janis losing so many Corydalis this winter.

I think the problem has been them not growing so well in pots now as they did in the open and he has less time to repot them.

Maggi Young · « **Reply #23 on:** April 11, 2021, 10:58:24 PM »

"Some pictures from yesterday afternoon when the sun came back and clear skies provided minus 3 C island at night."

"Tulipa berkariense clone 'Little Ilze' - it was my first species nova found during my very first visit to Central Asia but validly name was published only recently when its status was confirmed on gene level."

Erythronium oregonum leucandrum 07-239 grown up from NW Native seeds

Fritillaria kurdica 16IRS-038 - Iran, Kuh-e Sendan Dag, alt. 2415 m

Fritillaria minima - Karabel gec., Turkey

Fritillaria pinardii Ole Sonderhausen - got from Gothenburg BG

Maggi Young · « **Reply #24 on:** April 11, 2021, 11:00:47 PM »

Fritillaria reutheri - Iran

Fritillaria serpenticola JATU-050 -Dirmil Gec., alt. 1580 m.

Juno iris hybrid 'Moonlight' raised by Arnis Seisums

Population of Puschkinia scilloides BATM-148 - S of Tendurek gec. alt. 2645 m with the largest flowers seen by me

Romulea sp. from Italy

Maggi Young · « **Reply #25 on:** April 11, 2021, 11:02:28 PM »

Tecophilea cyanocrocus - Chile

Tulipa humilis WHIR-111 -Iran, Kuh-e Sendan Dag, alt. 2395 m

Very special Muscari neglectum 18IRS-007 with black seedpods - between Aligudarz and Khoramabad, alt. 2396 m

Thanks, again, Janis!

Gabriela · « **Reply #26 on:** April 12, 2021, 07:15:54 PM »

It is too bad when good cultivars are lost; saddening to hear about their loss. Hope is that some will survive in people gardens.
I don't have a Corydalis favorite, I like them all

I wished many will read and trust what Janis recommends:
"That is why I recommend to.... buy all colour types and to allow them selfsowing in garden, in such a way keeping all colour types as renewed tubers."
It may hold true for other bulbuous/tuberous species.