About
Corydalis malkensis is a herbaceous perennial with tuberous roots, reaching a height of up to 15 cm. Its foliage consists of pale green, palmately divided leaves that are segmented into narrow parts. The plant produces upright racemes displaying white, tubular flowers measuring approximately 2 cm long, characterized by broad lips.
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
- Full sun, Partial shade
- Soil type
- Chalk, Loam, Sand
- Soil pH
- Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
- Soil moisture
- Well-drained
- Aspect
- East-facing, South-facing
- Exposure
- Exposed, Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H5
Plant details
- Plant type
- Bulbs, Alpine Rockery
- 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
- Gravel garden, Patio and container plants, Rock garden, City and courtyard gardens, Cottage and informal garden
- Native to
- Caucasus
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Grow in sharply drained, moderately fertile soil in sun or partial shade in a rock garden, or grow in pots in an alpine house. Prefers more moisture in winter and partially drying out in summer, plant tubers in autumn, if using pots plunge the pots in damp sand up to the collar of the pot to prevent drying out. Repot annually
- Pruning
- No pruning required
- Propagation
- Propagate by allowing tubers to increase each year. Propagate by seed sown as soon as it is ripe in pots in an open frame; germination may be erratic
- Pest resistance
- May be susceptible to slugs and snails
- Disease resistance
- Generally disease-free