About
Corydalis ochotensis is a biennial plant that develops a mound shape and features a taproot. It displays several elongated, light green leaves that resemble fern fronds. From mid-summer through late autumn, it bears clusters of as many as 10 yellow, tubular blooms, each adorned with maroon tips and distinctive downward-curving spurs.
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
- Moist but well-drained, Well-drained
- Aspect
- South-facing, East-facing, West-facing
- Exposure
- Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H5
Plant details
- Plant type
- Annual Biennial
- Habit
- Clump forming
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Height
- 0.5-1 metres
- Spread
- 0.1-0.5 metres
- Time to full height
- 2-5 years
- Suggested uses
- Cottage and informal garden, City and courtyard gardens, Patio and container plants, Rock garden
- Native to
- China, Japan, Korea
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Grow in well-drained soil in full sun or partial shade
- Pruning
- No pruning required
- Propagation
- Propagate by seed sown in pots in a cold frame as soon as ripe (germination can be erratic) or divide in spring
- Pest resistance
- May be susceptible to slugs and snails
- Disease resistance
- Generally disease-free