Corydalis ochroleuca
(Pale Corydalis)
Family - Papaveraceae
Category - Perennial
Origin - South East Europe
Year of Introduction - 1594
Season of Interest - Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter
Hardiness - H5
Height - 30cm
Width - 30cm
Location - The Spring Garden
Description: An Evergreen herbaceous Perennial with a clump-forming and mounding habit. Fern-like leaves are grey-green to mid-green and pinnate with lobed, oval to obovate leaflets. Tubular flowers are ivory white with downward curving spurs. Each Bloom has a green spot at the tip and yellow centres. The Blooms are held in Racemes and produced continuously from late spring into early autumn. The Blooms are scented and attractive to pollinating insects.
Synonym -Pseudofumaria alba
Flower:
Scented, tubular flowers are ivory white and have spurs that curve downwards. Each bloom has a green spot at the tip and yellow centres. The flowers are held in racemes and produced continuously from May into September.
Flower colour: White, green, yellow
Flower shape: Tubular flowers in racemes
Flowering time: May, June, July, August, September
Foliage:
Grey-green to mid-green leaves have lobed, obovate to oval leaflets. The foliage is held on delicate, upright stems and forms a neat mound.
Foliage Senescence: Evergreen
Foliage Shape: Pinnate with lobed, obovate to oval leaflets
Propagation:
Division, seed.
Cultivation:
Best in full sun to partial shade in fertile, well-drained soil.