Corydalis lutea
Corydalis lutea
This is a neat little annual plant which is very good for a semi formal or informal garden. In spring stems of bright yellow, interestingly shaped, small flowers appear above the lush soft green foliage. These flowers produce seed to continue a fine display throughout the year as the older flowering plants die. It is very easy to thin out the numbers of new plants that spring up as they are quite tender.
They make a fine show interspersed under rhododendrons, camellias and similar plants. Its fleshy structure and foliage make it an interesting plant.
It is a native of the foothills of Swiss Alps in Switzerland, Italy and Yugoslavia growing on shady rocks and screes, usually on limestone. It naturalises in a variety of places where the ground has been cultivated.
A white form also exists and grows similarly to C. lutea.
This is a neat little annual plant which is very good for a semi formal or informal garden. In spring stems of bright yellow, interestingly shaped, small flowers appear above the lush soft green foliage. These flowers produce seed to continue a fine display throughout the year as the older flowering plants die. It is very easy to thin out the numbers of new plants that spring up as they are quite tender.
They make a fine show interspersed under rhododendrons, camellias and similar plants. Its fleshy structure and foliage make it an interesting plant.
It is a native of the foothills of Swiss Alps in Switzerland, Italy and Yugoslavia growing on shady rocks and screes, usually on limestone. It naturalises in a variety of places where the ground has been cultivated.
A white form also exists and grows similarly to C. lutea.