Corydalis x 'Canary Feathers' - FUMEWORT 'CANARY FEATHERS'
Heat tolerant, deciduous fumewort with silver-gray feathery leaves and yellow flowers.
Excellent companion of Dicentra (Bleeding Heart), Epimedium (Barenwort), Heuchera (Corall Bells) Hosta or Pulmonaria (Lungwort) or other woodland edge perennials.
Forms clumps, doesn't seed around like C. lutea.
Did well in Dallas, Texas.
Blooming Time: May to June. In cooler climates flowers the whole season.
Size: 9" tall x 12" wide
USDA Zones: 6 to 9 (possibly to zone 5 with winter protection)
Culture: half shade, dappled shade to light shade; average soil enriched with some organic matter and average moisture (dislikes dry soil)
Moisture Needs: average (medium), medium-moist
Origin: Introduced by Terra Nova Nurseries (Oregon) as a cross between Corydalis moorcroftiana (seed parent,Western Himalaya, India, Pakistan and Southwest Tibet) and Corydalis wilsonii (pollen parent, mountains of central China, especifically in the Hubei province ). Plant is patented under PP18,90 (released June 2008).
Black Walnut Tolerant: most likely yes
Deer/Rabbit Resistant: yes / yes
Attracts Butterflies or Pollinators: not confirmed, but most likely yes
Attracts Hummingbirds: no
Pot Size: square 3.5" x 4" deep perennial pot
Plant Combinations: cottage garden, woodland garden, shade garden, containers, along paths.
Good companions include for example Ajuga, Asarum, Aquilegia, Astrantia (in cooler regions), Dicentra spectabilis, Brunnera, Chrysogonum (half shade), Digitalis, Epimedium, Euphorbia amygdaloides, most of hardy Geranium and Geum (both in half shade), Gillenia, Heuchera and Heucherella, Helleborus, Hosta, Iris cristata, I. tectorum, smaller Lamium, Lathyrus vernus, Polemonium, Polygonatum, Penstemon calycosus, Primula, Tricyrtis, Tiarella, Tradescantia, Viola or Waldsteinia and many others. Grasses like Hakonechloa or Carex.
Other good combos are with spring ephemerals (Cardamine, Jeffersonia, Mertensia, Sanquinaria, Trillium) or with late blooming bulbs.
Picture Copyright: Terra Nova Nurseries
Corydalis x 'Canary Feathers' - FUMEWORT 'CANARY FEATHERS'
Heat tolerant, deciduous fumewort with silver-gray feathery leaves and yellow flowers.
Excellent companion of Dicentra (Bleeding Heart), Epimedium (Barenwort), Heuchera (Corall Bells) Hosta or Pulmonaria (Lungwort) or other woodland edge perennials.
Forms clumps, doesn't seed around like C. lutea.
Did well in Dallas, Texas.
Blooming Time: May to June. In cooler climates flowers the whole season.
Size: 9" tall x 12" wide
USDA Zones: 6 to 9 (possibly to zone 5 with winter protection)
Culture: half shade, dappled shade to light shade; average soil enriched with some organic matter and average moisture (dislikes dry soil)
Moisture Needs: average (medium), medium-moist
Origin: Introduced by Terra Nova Nurseries (Oregon) as a cross between Corydalis moorcroftiana (seed parent,Western Himalaya, India, Pakistan and Southwest Tibet) and Corydalis wilsonii (pollen parent, mountains of central China, especifically in the Hubei province ). Plant is patented under PP18,90 (released June 2008).
Black Walnut Tolerant: most likely yes
Deer/Rabbit Resistant: yes / yes
Attracts Butterflies or Pollinators: not confirmed, but most likely yes
Attracts Hummingbirds: no
Pot Size: square 3.5" x 4" deep perennial pot
Plant Combinations: cottage garden, woodland garden, shade garden, containers, along paths.
Good companions include for example Ajuga, Asarum, Aquilegia, Astrantia (in cooler regions), Dicentra spectabilis, Brunnera, Chrysogonum (half shade), Digitalis, Epimedium, Euphorbia amygdaloides, most of hardy Geranium and Geum (both in half shade), Gillenia, Heuchera and Heucherella, Helleborus, Hosta, Iris cristata, I. tectorum, smaller Lamium, Lathyrus vernus, Polemonium, Polygonatum, Penstemon calycosus, Primula, Tricyrtis, Tiarella, Tradescantia, Viola or Waldsteinia and many others. Grasses like Hakonechloa or Carex.
Other good combos are with spring ephemerals (Cardamine, Jeffersonia, Mertensia, Sanquinaria, Trillium) or with late blooming bulbs.
Picture Copyright: Terra Nova Nurseries