Description
A stunning, very early flowering species which ranges in the wild from Afghanistan, across Central Asia to as far as the Chinese province of Xinjiang. This stock is raised in cultivation from plants traceable to Uzbekistan: Tschatkal range, Mount Tschimgan.
C. ledebouriana is one of our most popular Corydalis and deservedly so, as it is a real beauty making a spectacular display of long spikes of white and burgundy coloured flowers over lovely, blue-green foliage.
This is a plant for a well-drained, sunny soil or a fertile, loam-based compost. Easily grown and the tubers get larger and more floriferous with age. It does not however like too much summer wetness, so is one for a pot, pan, bulb frame or a raised bed. Alternatively it can be grown in a suitable place in the garden and then lifted and stored dry for a few weeks before replanting, but if you are doing this it will need good drainage.
