Plant of the Day

Tuesday 1 April 2025

In a partially shaded border in St. Ninians Garden community garden, Dunkeld, Scotland, the flamboyant Corydalis solida (solid-rooted fumewort, bird in a bush, fumewort) was flowering. This tuberous perennial is summer dormant so the grey-green, divided leaves appear in spring with racemes of pink flowers though they can sometimes be brick red, purple or white. The plant grows best in a well-drained moderately fertile soil.