Dear friends,
our garden is located in central part of Lithuania, one of the Baltic countries.The place is not suitable for bulbous plants: from western side – Baltic sea with mild wet weather, from east – continental climate. In result – early spring without snow but with strong frosts. I always with some envy look to my seacoast colleges with their warm winters or to eastern gardeners having constant snow covering and late spring. Here we have early vegetation with real damage by frosts…
I am not nurseryman, only hobbyist who spend all free time and cash for plants, growing in small area around living house. The soil is not suitable for bulbous plants – heavy loam. Despite of yearly adding of peat and sand, the soil left too heavy for lot of plants. I was to forced to refuse of many Juno sp., lost almost all Iris reticulata group collection, have had large losses among other bulbs. Strange, but in our garden perfectly grow Corydalis – not only woodlanders, but and asiatics as well.