Blue Poppies of the Himalayas
Blue Heaven: Encounters with the Blue Poppy by Bill Terry from amazon
Bill Terry is a leading North American authority on Asiatic poppies relates his own encounters with the blue poppy and shows how, given a suitable climate, a patient and persistent gardener can raise this most alluring of perennial plants.
The origins of Meconopsis are expounded along with comments about those who first discovered and grew the plants. A personal account, fun to read and adds to the collective knowledge.
Meconopsis the ‘hardy plant series’ is also still available via amazon
All that is Meconopsis is not blue:
The Meconopsis group link
‘Portraits of Himalayan Flowers’
‘The Poppy Family in the Wild and in Cultivation’ has a good section on the ‘Blue Poppy’
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