About
Corydalis henrikii is a perennial bulb that forms clumps, featuring blue-green leaves with distinctive lobes. In early to mid-spring, it sends up upright stems that bear elongated, tubular flowers. These blossoms range in color from lavender-purple to lilac-pink, accented by deeper purple at the tips.
About the genus
Corydalis includes annuals, biennials, and perennials that can be either tuberous or rhizomatous. The plants feature leaves that are either ternately or pinnately lobed, and they produce racemes adorned with spurred, tubular flowers.
Growing conditions
- Sunlight
- Partial shade
- Soil type
- Loam, Sand
- Soil pH
- Acid, Neutral
- Soil moisture
- Moist but well-drained
- Aspect
- East-facing, North-facing, South-facing, West-facing
- Exposure
- Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H5
Plant details
- Plant type
- Bulbs
- Habit
- Clump forming
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Height
- 0.1-0.5 metres
- Spread
- 0.1-0.5 metres
- Time to full height
- 2-5 years
- Suggested uses
- City and courtyard gardens, Cottage and informal garden, Rock garden
- Fragrance
- Flower
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Grow in neutral to slightly acidic, moderately fertile, humus-rich, moisture-retentive but well-drained soil, in partial shade
- Pruning
- No pruning required
- Propagation
- Propagate by division in spring
- Pest resistance
- May be susceptible to slugs and snails
- Disease resistance
- Generally disease-free