Corydalis 2013

[peter hood]

Second set
C. kusnetzovii x C.solida
C. solida decipiens
C. cava
C. cava purpureolilacina

[peter hood]

I have to be honest, there wasn't any reason for my choice of plants other than what i liked the look of best - generally what was flowering best.
The rest are all forms of Corydalis solida.

Evening Dream
Firecracker
Snowstorm
Conquest
Blue Pearl

[peter hood]

Final set of Corydalis solida

Galam
Frodo
Forest Elf
Rivendell

[Maggi Young]

I have to be honest, there wasn't any reason for my choice of plants other than what i liked the look of best - generally what was flowering best.

That seems like a perfectly good reason for your choice, Peter  Thanks for this wee tour of Brian's plants.

[Leena]

Corydalis cava 'Alba' is in bud now. Does it look right?
I was only wondering, because my purple normal C.cava (bought from Janis Ruksans four years ago) has not come up, and it is always very late here, and this white/yellowish form is so much earlier. They are not growing in the same bed, so that could be it, of course.
The first C.solidas are opening their first flowers here now.

[Janis Ruksans]

Corydalis cava 'Alba' is in bud now. Does it look right?
I was only wondering, because my purple normal C.cava (bought from Janis Ruksans four years ago) has not come up, and it is always very late here, and this white/yellowish form is so much earlier. They are not growing in the same bed, so that could be it, of course.
The first C.solidas are opening their first flowers here now.

Plant looks correct.
With me white is out, purple only showed noses on S faced slope.

[Leena]

Thank you  .
The purple C.cava is so late, that every year I am sure it had died, and then it comes up. 

[Leena]

Some Corydalis from today.
C.cava 'Alba' is now open.
My favourite Corydalis solida 'Evening Shade', the color is no so spectacular, but it thrives in my garden. I like tall corydalis.
Corydalis solida 'Transsylvanica'
Corydalis solida 'Preludie'
Corydalis solida 'Cantata', this was planted last autumn, so it is not very big yet, and not very upright. I have also 'Silmarill' which flowered last year for the first time, and I liked it very much, but this year someone ate it's flower stems, so no flowers this year.

[Leena]

Corydalis wendelboi 'Abant Wine' is very small, maybe 10cm tall, but the color is really nice, so dark it is difficult to photograph. Leucojum seedlings are crowding it, I will have to do something.

[ashley]

All very beautiful Leena, and spring has arrived in Finland.  Where are you gardening?

[Leena]

All very beautiful Leena, and spring has arrived in Finland.  Where are you gardening?

Thank you  Corydalis are one of my favourite flowers, I hope they increase well and in a few years I have lots of them.
I live in the south of Finland (the spring was very late this year even in here), my garden is surrounded by woods, and my favourite part of the garden is woodland garden, but I also like peonies very much, especially species and early cultivars.

[ashley]

Sorry Leena, I should have asked 'Where in southern Finland are you gardening?'
Helsinki area, east, west, Turku area, Ahvenanmaa or inland?

[Leena]

Helsinki area, east, west, Turku area, Ahvenanmaa or inland?

In the halfway from Helsinki to Turku, inland, the biggest city near (about 30km) is Salo  . This is Finnish zone 1b, but actually I think it is 2. I think US zones somewhere around 5.
Sorry about general answer before, I didn't think anyone knew anyplace in Finland, and I thought you didn't notice the signature.

[ashley]

No I didn't mean to quiz you Leena, but it helps to understand your conditions.  Fairly moderated by the sea then, rather than more continental as in the east.

[Leena]

Yes, you are right, my climate is not so continental than in the eastern part of Finland. The previous four winters have been unusually snowy (and long) for my part of Finland, but the good thing was that the ground was not very much frozen under the snow. Usually we may have only a little snow, or it melts away in January and then the cold comes again, and it may be very hard on plants without snow cover.
I use dry oak leaves to cover my woodland beds in the autumn, just in case there is not enough snow, and the leaves  keep the ground getting not frozen so deep.
All Corydalis which I have bought have survived and are doing well, only 'Snow in Spring' disappeared after one year.