Corydalis scouleri – Scouler's Fumeroot, Western Native with Pink Flowers

Height/Spread: 3–6 ft.
Light: Part shade only
Moisture: Medium
Maintenance: Low
Bloom Time: Early summer to summer
Flower Color: Pink
Uses: Beds, borders, ground covers, naturalizing, waterside
Type: Perennial

Scouler's Fumeroot (Corydalis scouleri)

Corydalis scouleri has tiers of lacy foliage forming broad clumps 3 feet high by 3 feet wide. Its hot pink flowers bloom from May to July.

Native to western North America, where it spreads to form dense colonies in moist soil and partially shaded sites.

Thrives in damp shade.

Sow seed when fresh; germination may be erratic; divide in fall.

Downy mildew, rust, aphids, slugs, snails; spider mites indoors.

Other: Corydalis aurea – Scrambled Eggs, Native Biennial with Yellow Flowers; Corydalis cheilanthifolia – Fern-Leaved Corydalis with Bronzy Foliage; Corydalis elata – Fragrant Blue Corydalis, Heat Tolerant; Corydalis flexuosa 'Blue Panda' – Compact Fragrant Blue Corydalis; Corydalis linstowiana – Purplish-Blue Biennial Corydalis; Corydalis lutea – Yellow Corydalis, Long-Blooming Shade Perennial; Corydalis ochroleuca – Creamy White Corydalis, Self-Sowing Perennial; Corydalis solida – Fumewort, Spring Ephemeral for Rock Gardens; Corydalis 'Blackberry Wine' – Fragrant Pink-Purple Corydalis for Shade; Growing Corydalis – Shade-Loving Perennial

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