Corydalis lutea
Blooming Time
Exposure
With soft lacy fern-textured blue green semi-succulent foliage, this colonizing/self sowing ground cover is a welcome addition to the shade garden. Here it fits nicely with native wildflowers, bulbs, ferns, and shade loving perennials-always complementary and never overpowering. And corydalis is good for more than just foliage. Flowering nonstop all summer with a succession of soft sulfur yellow, dainty, spurred flowers (much like fringed bleeding heart, Dicentra eximia), corydalis is a bloomer extraordinaire.
Details
Hardiness Zone:
Blossom Color:
Yellow to Chartreuse
Growth Habit:
Slow Spreading
Max Height:
15"
Texture:
Recommended Spacing:
We sell this plant in these containers:
Special Characteristics
Features
Fern-textured blue green foliage with hummingbird attracting sulfur yellow tubular flowers borne nonstop early summer through fall.
Landscape Value
Rambling ground cover for naturalizing in shady settings. Tends to seed around a bit. Great companion plant.
Care
Watering:
Yellow Corydalis requires a fair amount of supplemental watering and often requires watering on a regular basis during the growing season.
Fertilizing:
Yellow Corydalis is a moderate feeder, benefiting from a couple of annual applications of slow release fertilizer. A spring application of a 3-1-2 ratio (such as a 15-5-10) can be applied at a rate of about 10 pounds per 1000 square feet, and during early fall, an application of a 2-1-2 ratio (such as a 10-5-10) can be applied to encourage root development and cold hardiness.
Pruning:
Yellow Corydalis is a deciduous plant (nonevergreen) and does not require pruning. It is perfectly acceptable to allow the dropped leaves to decompose and nourish the soil.