Corydalis solida

[Todd Boland]

Two warm days and the solida are finally blooming properly.  Most of mine are a muddy purple but here are a few of the better ones.  The nearly red is C. solida ssp. transylvanica

[Hoy]

I like the dark colored - what do you call that color?

[McDonough]

Two warm days and the solida are finally blooming properly.  Most of mine are a muddy purple but here are a few of the better ones.  The nearly red is C. solida ssp. transylvanica

Todd, nice colors!  Glad to hear that spring is finally starting in earnest for you.

[Todd Boland]

I think I'd call the dark one raspberry-coloured ??

[IMYoung]

I think I'd call the dark one raspberry-coloured ??

Surely you mean the nearly red, solida tranylvanica is rasberry coloured, Todd??
I think Trond was asking about the deep purple one!
So I'd call that purple or dark mauve...... it's too late (after midnight here)to get out the RHS colour charts tonight!!

Maggi

[Hoy]

I think I'd call the dark one raspberry-coloured ??

Surely you mean the nearly red, solida tranylvanica is rasberry coloured, Todd??
I think Trond was asking about the deep purple one!
So I'd call that purple or dark mauve...... it's too late (after midnight here)to get out the RHS colour charts tonight!!

Maggi

Yes, I meant the deep purple one! If you call that raspberry colored you certainly have strange raspberries! I have eaten red and yellow raspberries but not purple ones!

[McDonough]

Raspberry color, as it gets applied to things other than raspberry fruits themselves, refers to a range of pinkish or purplish red colors, probably from the color imparted in deserts such as raspberry sorbet, and certainly pertains to colors in clothing fashions.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raspberry_(color)

I like all three color forms Todd showed, the pink, purple, and red one (keeping it simple here).  I'd use the roll-the-eyes emoticon but it doesn't work on the NARGS forum.

[Todd Boland]

Reddish-violet or wine might be the correct colour...mind you locals call it raspberry....guess its because homemade raspberry jam can be dark...maybe we Newfoundanders are all colour-blind!

[externmed]

Woodland conditions?
I moved some C. solida from a semi-shady area to raised bed exposed to full sun.   I think the are increasing (in size), but they look really unhappy about May 15-20 when we get a day in the upper 80s(F) and promptly disappear underground. 

So, full sun vs dappled shade any thoughts?

Thanks,
Charles Swanson Massachusetts USA
(for whatever reason, and whatever pollinates them, so far I get little or no seed set in full sun)

[IMYoung]

Woodland conditions?
I moved some C. solida from a semi-shady area to raised bed exposed to full sun.   I think the are increasing (in size), but they look really unhappy about May 15-20 when we get a day in the upper 80s(F) and promptly disappear underground.  

So, full sun vs dappled shade any thoughts?

Thanks,
Charles Swanson Massachusetts USA
(for whatever reason, and whatever pollinates them, so far I get little or no seed set in full sun)

 Charles, if your Corydalis solida are flowering before  "they look really unhappy about May 15-20 when we get a day in the upper 80s(F) and promptly disappear underground"  then although the very warm weather may be accelerating their departure before they have a chance to set seed, it is certainly the case that these Corydalis do not hang around long in any climate.
It is one of their prime attractions as a plant for "high-rise" or "multi-storey " planting in our garden that theyis growinfg season IS so short, allowing them to be grown   in the same area of ground as  lots of other plants  with differing growth cycles/times to allow maximum use of space.  In the wild also, these are plants which emerge quickly in Spring, grow , flower, set seed and die back, all in a remarkably short time.


This is a feature often highlighted in Ian's Bulb Logs .... see http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/index.php?log=bulb for all these from 2003.... there is an Index, too-  http://www.srgc.org.uk/bulblog/index.pdf

Regards,
 M

[Tony Willis]

three of my corydalis in flower at the moment

Corydalis parnassica
Corydalis solida
Corydalis sp from Caucusus

[Hoy]

Very nice plants, Tony! Do you prefere light colors? It is still some week till I can enjoy mine.....

[Paul T]

Beautiful, everyone.

This species struggles for me here unfortunately.  I think it is the heat.  I think I'm going to have to try to set up a microclimate and get them going as I just love the ones I've seen in person.  Not been successful as yet, but I live in hope and keep trying them whenever I can find them to buy.  I live in hope. 

Thanks for the inspirational pics..... that red (or whatever colour) form is beautiful in particular and i love anything in purple.  Thanks again.

[Tony Willis]

Very nice plants, Tony! Do you prefere light colors? It is still some week till I can enjoy mine.....

No these are just the first in flower! I have some nice deep red ones and a lovely white which are just reaching their best. i do not like the straggly asian ones which a lot of people rave about and do not grow any

[Tony Willis]

three more of my Corydalis solida. The white one from Mt Vermion in Greece I particularly like. They are all that colour and occur in thousands on the mountain.