Corydalis

Hey Nancy !
I can't help you at moment about the difference of the two white Corydalis!
I can only send you a picture of my Corydalis ochroleuca, maybe it helps you.

Is it similar to yours?

Thanks.  I have tried posting a picture but to no avail.  Mine has a little yellow (thing) hanging out of its' white flower and otherwise looks just like lutea.  It seems every bit a hardy as the lutea.  Someone said you can tell the difference with seeds..(one being much shiner thant the other).  ??

;D

Nancy, from searching the internet, I can't find any references to a white-flowered form of Corydalis lutea occurring, but your plant certainly looks exactly like C. ochroleuca. 

I just now found a site that referred to a Corydalis lutea 'Alba' but do not know whether this is right or wrong.  I remember having ochroleuca awhile back and it seemed to just not like it in my garden.. this one reseeds all over.  Go figure.  Thanks Lori.

http://www.armitageimages.net/index.cfm?fuseaction=stock.detail&itemID=1...   I am assuming this is what I have now.. Many thanks

Ooops, I clearly didn't look hard enough! 
It's often difficult to find actual descriptions of European plants for some reason... if descriptions could be found, then one could figure out the defining differences between C. ochroleuca and C. lutea ('Alba').

This particular plant was given to me so I can't go back and check on any order.  It would be interesting to see them side by side..maybe I will order another ochroleuca and compare.  Thanks again.

http://www.floralimages.co.uk/page.php?taxon=pseudofumaria_alba,1&ad=2    could this be what I have or is it the same as ohroleucha

thanks

A coconut scent! Huh, that's amazing!   :o  I have never been able to get any of the blue corydalis to do well here, and I'm astounded to hear that they are scented as well as beautiful.

for me elata is the easiest blue...all the other just melt away.  I would think you should be able to have them Lori as they dislike the humid hot nights here.

The elata is a real stunner, Mark!

I have some happly little seedlings of C ophiocarpa, which I think is a woodland species? (any siting tips?)
A quick look on google images suggests its not among the showiest, but the flowers are nice close-up; I noticed some yellow versions as well as the whitish- don't know which I have, but hoping the latter, as I have plenty of C aurea native on the property and doing very well at spreading to every new planting I make...lol I don't mind as its easily removed where I don't want it, and that means when I have a spot ready for a big colony of it, it will be nearby!
Interestingly, I sowed it (ophiocarpa) in spring this year, when it would have had several weeks of chilly weather, and a few more with cool nights- I was expecting no germination till next year, but it came up en masse weeks ago!

Here is one of my "Wildside Blue" from last June 2012 (it was planted late fall of 2011).

I chose "Wildside" as it was advertised as the (only?) blue Corydalis that would not go dormant but alas it did (unlike my bullet proof "Lutea"). I will relocate it to a shadier spot this spring to see if that helps.

I wonder what the parents of 'Wildside Blue' are? In UK gardens there have been a lot of hybrids coming up between elata and flexuosa, we've had a couple even in our dry garden, and these are usually evergreen like elata, unless it gets too dry and then they just disappear. This corydalis is really good if you can find it, though not a brilliant blue - superb winter foliage.

(Moderator: adding plant name so that it is searchable: Corydalis quantmeyeriana 'Chocolate Stars')

Hoy wrote:

Well, it looks splendid where it is located ;)

Thank you. It was fine in May and June but in July and August it shut down in terms of flowering due to the too sunny location and our too hot summer last year. I will relocate it (assuming it shows up this spring ;)).

Mark, the 'blurb' I had seen regarding "Wildside Blue" (from the nursery I obtained it from) was that it is a hybrid developed by British nursery man Keith Wiley. And yes your link gives good information. Again I chose "Wildside" with the hope that it would not melt away. But now that I think about it maybe I have not been quite fair to this plant. I was thinking that it would bloom as well as "Lutea", which it did not, BUT I think the one in my posted picture did not actually hibernate if that means that the foliage remained visible the whole season.

Is that everyone else's experience with blue corydalis ie less floriferous than lutea?