Corydalis 2010

[gote]

There are weeds and weeds.
Corydalis lutea (or pseudofumaria lutea) is very easy to pull out (or rather off) and it flowers a very long time so I am quite happy to have it. Its close relative Corydalis ochroleuca (Pseudofumaria alba) is similar but slightly larger and nearly white.
The one you have is new to me and somehow it does not look quite like C lutea but that may be the angle of the photo.
Anyway, I would also be happy to receive your hopefully abundant seed.
Cheers
Göte 

[Regelian]

Anyway, I would also be happy to receive your hopefully abundant seed.
Cheers
Göte 

Now, that's the spirit!  Let's get this form to Europe before we have an embargo on plants!  after all, it is a native.

[TheOnionMan]

Göte, I agree, C. lutea is a very manageable little "weed", I like it.  Sometimes it scares me in early spring when I see shear carpets of seedlings coming up in garden paths, but walking on them largely "does them in", and they are of very little root so are easily pulled out, but I do allow them to fill in and provide color all season long, until cut down by frost in the fall.  I received seed of the white form of lutea, which I broadcast outside in the garden, haven't seen any results yet.

I might be premature on the orange-centered form, just ran out to the garden and snapped some photos.  The one I had photographed previously, those flowers are going over, and there are more buds coming so will wait and see if the orange color is consistent, but I noticed two other plants with normal yellow flowers but just one or two flowers on a plant having the orange center (2nd photo).  In the third photo, the first plant in the lower left is the one that had the 4 flowers with orange center.... I'll keep and eye on it and report back.

If indeed this color aberration seems stable, I'd be happy to share with Europe

[arisaema]

Here's a bad pic of an oddity, Corydalis turtshaninovii ssp. vernyi from North-Korea, kindly identified by "the expert"

[gote]

Here's a bad pic of an oddity, Corydalis turtshaninovii ssp. vernyi from North-Korea, kindly identified by "the expert"

It is not a bad picture arisaema and it is a nice blue-white form.
Göte

[gote]

Yesterday I found the following seedling. It has a slight "frodo-look" but since Frodo is on his second year in my garden he can hardly be the father  I assume a mix of white Penza and one of the reds.
The next one I acquired from Gothenburg as "small white lativan". It is indeed small and has the curious habit of lying flat against the soil surface in the early stages.
Marshalliana from Janis
kutznetzowii also from Janis
'Evening shade' also.
Most of the pinks in the last pic are 'Munich sunrise'.
Cheers
Göte

[arisaema]

Lovely bicolour seedling! Is 'Munich Sunrise' much different from 'Beth Evans'?

The early ones are going over here, first picture is my favourite Chinese, which may or may not be C. fumariifolia.
Pics 2-3-4 are C. turtschaninovii ssp. vernyi again, it's actually quite nicely fragrant.
Pic 5 is a white C. ornata.
Pic 6 was sown as C. glaucescens, but it looks a lot like yet another weed...

[wolfgang vorig]

some Corydalis

[arisaema]

That last one looks interesting, is it rhizomatous?

[Gail]

On 4th April a friend and I visited the National Corydalis Collection at St Osyth in Essex.  Rather a delay in posting as I forgot to take my camera but borrowed my friend's and she has kindly put them on disc for me (Thank you Irene!)

Brian Wickenden has around 100 taxa of corydalis beautifully displayed in an immaculate and very interesting garden.  Open again on 6th June if anyone is in the area - it would be easily combined with a visit to Beth Chattos.  See http://www.corydalis-collection.org.uk/

[Lesley Cox]

This looks like a very interesting place but planted like that they are begging to produce hybrid seed! (Not that I would mind. )

[gote]

Lovely bicolour seedling! Is 'Munich Sunrise' much different from 'Beth Evans'?

Munich sunrise may be a little lighter in colour It is much easier to grow in my place. It doubles yearly if replanted often enough. I get seedlings very similar al over the place.
Göte

[fleurbleue]

Gote, "Pink lips" is very nice 

[Pascal B]

I hope the picture is clear enough but anyone any idea what species the one on my picture is? It's from China and has a rootstock consisting of the remnants of the base of the leaves. New foliage is bronze. No flowers yet but I hope that by knowing its ID I can treat it more appropiate instead of guessing what its cultural requirements have to be. Thanx in advance.

[gote]

Gote, "Pink lips" is very nice 

Yes I am sometimes lucky but it will take at least until 1012 until I can have one to swap. Sigh!
Göte