Botanically speaking, perennials are plants that last for three or more years, returning year after year, but generally having a short blooming period. Annuals will bloom for an entire season and then ...

Finding perennial flowering plants that thrive in full sun is easy. For shady spots, this plant with long-blooming, bright ...

Set your garden up for success by mastering one small pruning habit that can make all the difference for your corydalis (Corydalis lutea) flowers. These flowers are one of the many perennials that ...

Corydalis is one of gardening's perfect little secrets. There are many varieties and lots of different species, from rampant ones (C. lutea) to amazing treasures such as 'Wildside Blue.' The intensity ...

Some of my best plantings are not my doing. My role, in these cases, has been to recognize the plants’ qualities and then leave well enough alone. Those pastel-pink columbines that look so pretty in ...

Corydalis lutea Garden snobs dislike yellow flowers. Perhaps that’s why this little cutie gets the cold shoulder, while another kind of corydalis, C. flexuosa (which has blue flowers), is oohed and ...

Blue-flowering Corydalis, related to poppies, is among the most attractive of spring-blooming perennials. The botanical name means crested lark and refers to the birdlike appearance of the attractive ...

If you aren’t growing Corydalis, you’re missing out on some real jewels of the spring garden. Available at nurseries, plant sales or online, these members of the poppy family are hardy to minus 20 ...

Plant explorations in China made this book possible. It is the new excitement about the Chinese bleeding heart and its delicate-looking but easygoing relative, Corydalis, that have made this group of ...