About
Corydalis solida is a tuberous perennial that typically grows up to 25 cm tall. It features grey-green, lobed foliage and produces narrow, dense clusters of flowers that can be pale pink, purple, or white, each measuring around 2 cm long, during the spring season.
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
- Soil type
- Chalk, Loam, Sand
- Soil pH
- Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
- Soil moisture
- Well-drained
- Aspect
- South-facing, North-facing, West-facing, East-facing
- Exposure
- Exposed, 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
- Cottage and informal garden, Rock garden, Wildflower meadow
- Native to
- Europe to C Asia
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Grows best in well-drained moderately fertile soil. May tolerate partial shade
- Pruning
- No pruning required
- Propagation
- Propagate by seed sown in containers in an open frame when ripe or by division in autumn
- Pest resistance
- Generally pest-free
- Disease resistance
- Generally disease-free