{"id":7469,"date":"2010-05-22T01:09:50","date_gmt":"2010-05-22T08:09:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7469"},"modified":"2011-01-29T10:15:16","modified_gmt":"2011-01-29T17:15:16","slug":"tips-for-growing-meconopsis-the-blue-poppy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/tips-for-growing-meconopsis-the-blue-poppy\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips for Growing Meconopsis the Blue Poppy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Mecanopsis Crewdson hybrid \" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/4621948225\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4070\/4621948225_1d65330d41.jpg\" alt=\"Mecanopsis Crewdson hybrid\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The blue poppy is one of the truly stunning blue flowers to grace any garden. I predict a growth in interest in Meconopsis over the next few years as nurserymen increase saleable stock following some intensive nation wide trials.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cultivation and Propagation of Meconopsis<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> The family contains perennials  and monocarpic plants that die after flowering.<\/li>\n<li> Soil should be neutral to acidic  with plenty of humus.<\/li>\n<li> I find they need plenty of moisture and are often grown alongside streams.<\/li>\n<li> Meconopsis, are hardy but often short lived, preferring shade and a cool position to full sun.<\/li>\n<li> Grow from fresh seed. Clump forming Meconopsis sheldonii  should be divided every 3 years<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"Mecanopsis \" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/4621953221\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4051\/4621953221_31090c3cb1.jpg\" alt=\"Mecanopsis\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Species and Varieties<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Meconopsis grandis can grow 3-5&#8242; tall with stout stems bearing nodding cup-shaped blue flowers.<\/li>\n<li> Mecanopsis cambrica, quintuplinervia and cultivars can be propagated by division.<!--more--><\/li>\n<li> Meconopsis paniculata is shortlived after producing racemes of unusual yellow flowers.<\/li>\n<li> Meconopsis napaulese the satin poppy can be 6&#8242; tall and bear blue, pink or red flowers.<\/li>\n<li> Meconopsis integrifolia the Lampshade poppy, is a rosette forming yellow poppy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Meconopsis Trials and Links<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You can see the RHS trials of 23 different varieties and cultivars at Harlow Carr Harrogate, Rosemoor and Wisley.<\/li>\n<li>Other sites at Windermere and Stirling are also running trials.<\/li>\n<li>The Meconopsis group has a lot of pictures and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.meconopsis.org\/\">further information<\/a><\/li>\n<li> Meconopsis from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.awin1.com\/cread.php?awinmid=2283&amp;awinaffid=81944&amp;clickref=&amp;p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thompson-morgan.com\/plants1\/search.html?section=all&amp;search=&lt;b&gt;meconopsis&lt;\/b&gt;\"> Thompson Morgan<\/a>\n<\/ul>\n<p>See more pictures and books on the subject of Meconopsis<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meconopsis are a favourite poppy originating from the Himalayas. Gardeners may need a few tips to help grow them in the UK<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,233],"tags":[240,81],"class_list":["post-7469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-flowers","category-growing-easy-plants","tag-acid-lover","tag-water"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7469\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}