Corydalis vittae
Janus Ruksans amazing catalogue , is a must - have for any rare bulb connoisseur which you may prevail by writing him now ( he doesn;t have a web site ) at : Ruksans Bulb Nursery , Rozula , Cesis District , LV-4150 , Latvia . You may taste emailing his greenhouse first , to see if the cost of $ 5.00 per catalog has risen , or put in a $ 5.00 US bill in the envelope . It is worth the investment for Corydalisphiles alone . Besides Corydalis solida forms , of which , Ruksans offers , like thirty or so , there are other bulging species deserving collecting . And since they reseed , if you don;t ; mulch , then they are worth the investment,(and , they are an investing $ $ $ $ , as may rarer plant are ) . That said , everyone who visits our garden in March , cry out ‘ My God … what are THOSE ? ” . These are ephemerals with an mental attitude , yet downplay enough to come out natural .
If you are not familiar with Corydalis , the genus is quitfascinating , closely touch on to the vulgar bleeding - heart , but these memebers are small , and althrough the trend through the 1990 ’s was tpward pull in the newly insert blue forms , plant geeks are starting to focus on the bulbous species , especially Corydalis solida and related to species . In the USA and Uk , the named form of C. solida ‘ George Baker ’ , may be the only handshake a home nurseryman may have with this genus , since it is often the only cultivar available in the trade , and by ‘ trade , I mean in the US bulb catalogue . These are not plants that one will find at garden core . They are ephemeral – a quick pop - up in the early leap , a blast of color , off to seed , then they dissappear for the relaxation of the year , where thier nut - like bulb stay protected in hopefully , dryish , soil conditions . Similar to crocus . So , if C.solida ‘ George Baker ’ is dainty enough , and certainly worth seeking , although do n’t calculate on getting the bona fide “ George Baker ’ unless you are assure that it is a clone , since this is a genus notorious for cross pollenating , although any pink material body is generally skillful enough in this gem of a genus , the real ‘ GB ” is extraordinary in it ’s colouring material construction . Most catalogs in the US < if you regain one , dribble forms that are pink - grey , or mauve . Still , nice . The real GB is coral , and stockier , see the below photo . The real GB ( from Ruksans ) is on the left field , the taller , mustyer one is a GB from a US origin . Corydaliss - nessWill the literal George Baker please stand up ?
programme of ordering bulging genus Corydalus in July through September , in the fall electric-light bulb catalogs , and plant them in October .
In the methamphetamine house , the last of the wintertime blossom South African bulbs are blooming , think back most of these are grown from cum imported , since the electric light are unavalilable . These orange Tritonia crocata are brilliantly color , but like many S.A. bulbs , they bloom as the foliage happen , so overall , I may not keep these . sorry , since they took 5 twelvemonth to reach blossom size!The Primula time of year is starting due to a picayune glitch with planetary warming , or cooling , whatever … . , and here we are , just less then two week before the New England Primula Show ( May 5,6,7 at the Tower Hill Botanic Garden in Boylston , MA , ) , and our Primula are just starting to bloom , here , a lesser know species , in the Auriculacastrum group , is Primula hirsuta , a metal money that is a small ambitious to produce for most people , since it blooms at high elevations , at snowmelt , near melting glaciers . A mintage which we most likely will not see on our trek through the Engadine Alps next calendar month , this gem is like our trough near the nursery , where Fergus , our Irish Terrier pee ’s , evidently not unlike an alpine Swiss Glacier .
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