Catalogue - Paul Christian Rare Plants

popoviiSuperb, elongated white flowers, in sturdy spikes. The mouth is picked outin purple. This is one of the most striking species and is also one of the largest flowered. Easy,dependable and long lasting. Ours is true stock. PC 1979, AM 1983 (RHS). ............................. £16.50Red MajestyA new, deep red, sterile hybrid between red solida and malkensis. Incolour and brightness it exceeds the best. Robust (20cm tall in flower) with large flowers in a long,well-spaced spike. One of the earliest reds and the most significant new red Corydalis in years. £13.50* repens This has tiny tubers, please be warned. The growths are dwarf withdivided foliage speckled with white and tight spikes of white to azure or lavender flowers, with ahairline of violet on the lip. Cool humid conditions and cold gardens. E.Russia at up to 3,500m. . £12.00* schanginii ainae One of the loveliest, most striking species. Large flowered, each 3-4cmwhite bloom is lined with pale pink . The mouth of the flower has a large bright yellow blotch..sold outturtschaninoviiA Siberian species which ranges from rare white through bright blues toviolets, all of which are attractive and lovely. A cold tolerant species doing well in a humid, leafy spot inpart shade, where is makes a glorious display. Seed raised stock. ............................................. £8.50turtschaninovii Celeriac Selected in 1993 near Vladivostok in E Russia. The flower colour is adeep and intense violet-blue. The amazing foliage is dissected like that of garden Celeriac. ..... £12.00turtschaninovii Eric the Red A selection made by Janis Ruksans. The flower colour is blue in themouth toning to pink-blue at the spur however its main attraction is its foliage which is intensely,copper-tinged, especially on emergence.. Likes a cool spot with humus. .................................. £11.50TanagerBreeding in red Corydalis has exploded and this is yet another good cloneselected for its stunning intense red and compact habit. Very distinct from other bright red selections inits colour and habit. Probably a solida hybrid and seed sterile. Clonal propagations. ................. £17.50vittaeDensely packed flowers open green-white but mature to snow-white.Flowers later and lasts longer than other sp. Very worthwhile garden species.. ........................... £7.50vittae GoliathSelected from thousands of seedlings, for its giant habit and large flowerswith 2-4 stems per tuber. Vegetatively propagated from the original, perhaps a polyploid........... £17.50CORYDALIS SOLIDA formssolida Almandine Deepest, darkest Tyrian Purple. There are no darker clones. In fact thecolour is so intense, that it is best not grown alone, it needs company to show it off................... £10.00* solida Beth Evans This strain has soft coral pink flowers, flashed white on the spur. Bred byWilhelm Schact at Munich. Outside in the open garden for best results and colour... ................... £3.50* solida Cock-o’-the-rock A compact. vivid red clone with short growths and amazing peloric flowers(the side petals are transformed to a second lip) giving heart-shaped flowers like a Dicentra. The birdis more orange, the twin-lipped plant is more red. Beautiful and highly distinctive. ..................... £25.00solida Coscoroba White buds with a thin carmine band, open to white flowers infused softpink at the top and edges and a tiny pink centre. Like the swan whose name it bears. ................. £8.50solida Dieter Schacht Spike after spike of apple-blossom pink flowers shaded with salmon, earlyin the season. Each has a darker mouth and tip. A good increaser yet one which flowers well. .... £4.00solida Firecracker Intensely coloured, rich, bright red-orange flowers which attract from adistance. In effect an improved ‘George Baker’ with loads more ‘oomph’. Garden conditions........ £6.50solida GalahA new pastel selection with white mouthed flowers. A broad, pastel pinkspur grades to a darker apex. Named for the pink & white Cockatoo, not a mis-spelled ‘Gala’. .sold out* solida Gaviota Broadly flaring white mouth set off by a fat white spur which is a lovelypastel coral in the central portions. The effect in the spike is subdued, subtle and very lovely. ...... £8.50solida George Baker Intense orange-red. VEGETATIVE, true to type offsets not themulticoloured seedlings sometimes sold under this name. Garden is best for colour ................... £3.50* solida Gnatcatcher This has a pastel grey-blue tube contrasted with a pure white lip andmouth. The flowers are larger than is usual in solida and are well spaced along the spike, neither laxnor packed. A very attractive plant from Arnis Seisum’s ‘pastel’ breeding lines. ......................... £13.50solida IbisA stunning early clone with intense deep red-orange colouring on robustgrowths. One of the best of the new “bird” clones for the sheer intensity of the shade. One of theearliest solida clones, weeks ahead of comparably deep clones. Introduced 2011..................... £21.50solida Lahovice Strain This is a strain raised from inter-crossed selected seedlings of MilanPrasil’s collection of transsylvanica. Less orange with a touch more purple-red than G. P. Baker. £4.00 11