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1. Iris species nova - Starweaver's Gems from Earth and Sky

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219. Corydalis turtschaninovii ‘ERIC THE RED’<br />

Selection with clear bright blue flowers <strong>and</strong> dark purple upper half of leaf segments,<br />

which suddenly appeared among my seedlings. Unique among spring flowering bulbous<br />

Corydalis <strong>and</strong> always in very great dem<strong>and</strong>. 8.00<br />

220. Corydalis turtschaninovii ‘USSURI DAWN’<br />

Very unusually coloured selection <strong>from</strong> this <strong>species</strong> where very distinct violet colour<br />

of flowers is combined with narrow <strong>and</strong> long leaf lobes. Flowers very abundantly <strong>and</strong><br />

is very distinct. Collected in Udmurtia. 8.00<br />

22<strong>1.</strong> Corydalis turtschaninovii ‘VLADIVOSTOK’<br />

Very unusual form with bright sky blue flowers in large spikes, but most unusual is<br />

its foliage - it is almost undivided, spade like, only shallowly dentate at the top of the<br />

lobes. Approximately 20 cm high. 8.00<br />

THE ‘BULB-BELT’ SPECIES<br />

222. Corydalis glaucescens<br />

One of the best <strong>and</strong> brightest coloured forms of this <strong>species</strong> with distinctly pinkish<br />

flowers <strong>and</strong> one of the best increasers. Collected near high mountain skating-rink<br />

Medeo in Kazakhstan during my first mountain trip. 7.00<br />

223. Corydalis marac<strong>and</strong>ica<br />

This <strong>species</strong> is something similar to C. ledebouriana but with more compact general<br />

appearance <strong>and</strong> it flowers much later with pale creamy-yellow, a bit pinkish suffused<br />

flowers with short spur. 15.00<br />

224. Corydalis nudicaulis<br />

Flowers of so original combination of white <strong>and</strong> brown that nicknamed as “coffee <strong>and</strong><br />

cream corydalis”. Somehow variable stock because grown <strong>from</strong> seeds collected in my<br />

garden, where stocks of various origins can hybridize. 12.00<br />

225. Corydalis ruksansii<br />

I discovered this beautiful <strong>species</strong> in upper reaches of the river Shing, Tajikistan.<br />

Flowers white with blue stripe in dense spikes, one of the most floriferous. Initially<br />

was misidentified as C. glaucescens. Renamed by Magnus Liden <strong>from</strong> Gothenburg<br />

Botanical Garden, Sweden. 10.00<br />

226. Corydalis schanginii subsp. schanginii<br />

Flowers very large, white with long pink spur <strong>and</strong> purple nose, excellent grower in a<br />

sunny place. Collected during my first expedition to Central Asia in 1975 in Kirghizia<br />

near Bishkek at 1800-2000 m on gritty slope. 7.00<br />

227. Corydalis schanginii subsp. ainae<br />

Flowers yellow with pink spur <strong>and</strong> purple nose, one of the most beautiful <strong>and</strong> rarest<br />

corydalis discovered by me in Ber-Kara (Black Stream) gorge, Kara-tau mnt. range at<br />

1700-2000m. Easy growing. By Henrik Zetterlund: “a plant you can never forget it if<br />

you ever get a chance to see it” 10.00<br />

228. Corydalis seisumsiana<br />

Flowers beautiful light pink with dark reddish purple. A new name given by Magnus<br />

Liden <strong>from</strong> Gothenburg for what was used to call “C. persica” by botanists. From<br />

Nakhitschevan, S Caucasus, type collection. 15.00<br />

CROCUS<br />

AUTUMN FLOWERING SPECIES<br />

229. Crocus asumaniae<br />

White or pale violet flowers with a hazy yellow throat <strong>and</strong> long branches of vivid redorange<br />

styles. Easy in a bulb frame or pot, in the garden does quite well in a sunny,<br />

well-drained raised bed. A lovely plant, quite recently discovered in Southern Turkey<br />

<strong>and</strong> slowly becoming more widespread. 7.00<br />

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