Scottish Rock Garden Club Forum
Plant Identification => Plant Identification Questions and Answers => Topic started by: Regelian on April 10, 2009, 11:16:32 AM
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Can anyone ID this Corydalis species for me. It is growing in the Cologne Flora amongst rockery and seems to self-seed.
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Hi Jamie,
I guess this is Corydalis cheilantifolia
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Hi Jamie,
I guess this is Corydalis cheilantifolia
Yes, C. cheilanthifolia. It's very easy from seed.
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Thanks, Guys! Now I know what marker to put on the to be purloined seeds! :-X ;D
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Yes...and it tends to be a bit profligate with those seeds. You'll soon be weeding it out to share with neighbors. I use it and plants like it in the toughest spots...helps cover that lousy ground that you can't do anything else with...
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Thanks for the forwarning, Carlo. I take it, it tends to go about like C. lutea and Mecanopsis cambria (the yellow menace!). Do you know if any hybrids have been created or selections made? I particularly like the foliage.
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This Corydalis seeds itself into cracks in paths and into other plants' pots, too in my garden. I love it and wouldn't be without it. It has much more attractive foliage than C. lutea. Dead easy to grow!
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Just started blooming here...now that you've all mentioned it, I can think of a few other places on the property I wouldn't mind seeing it pop up...
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And it's even hardy here in zone 3, where it's among the earliest-blooming perennials. I enjoy it too!