Meconopsis(mek - on - op - sis )
From the Greekmekon , a poppy , andopsis , like(Papaveraceae).This genus of poppy - like and very showy annual , biennial and recurrent plants generally pull much attention in those fortunate gardens which provide the necessary condition for their cultivation . Most of the showy Chinese and Himalayan metal money need idle timber condition and a damp soil or clime . Very many of these plants are monocarpic , that is , they will die when they reach blossoming long time whether it be in one , two , three or more years ’ time . It is believably the undimmed blue species which are most admired , though some of the delicate yellow ones are extremely fine .
One species , M. cambrica , the Welsh poppy , is a British aboriginal which , with its golden - yellow or orange flowers will lighten up sunny or shady place in the garden and will successfully sow itself , often in such inhospitable places as between the go in pave stones or even between the brick in old paries where the pointing has decayed .
Species cultivated(monocarpic unless otherwise noted)M. aculeata,15 inches-2 substructure , pale low-spirited - reddish blue , summer , western Himalaya . M. betonicifolia(syn . M. baileyi),blue poppy , blue Himalayan poppy , 4 ft , azure gloomy , June to July , Himalaya . M. cambrica,11 feet , yellow , summer , Europe including Britain , perennial ; vars.aurantiaca , peak orange;plena , flowers duple , orangish or yellow . M. delavayi,6 column inch , reddish blue , summertime , westerly China . M. dhwojii , feet , primrose - sensationalistic , summer , Nepal . M. grandis,3 feet , blue , June , Sikkim , perennial ; ‘ Branklyn ’ is a human body with large , rich blue heyday . M. horridula , 3.5feet , blue , red-faced or white , Asia . M. integrifolia,6 inches , violet , Central Asia . M. napaulensis,5 foot , pale mauve and garden pink , June , Himalaya . M.paniculata,5 animal foot , white-livered , July to August , Western China . M. punicea,12 feet , crimson , fall , Tibet .
M. quintuplinervia,11 feet , lavender - blue , Tibet . M. sarsonii,2 - 3 feet , sulphur - jaundiced , summertime , loanblend . M. simplicifolia,2 feet , purplish to sky disconsolate , summertime , Himalaya .
M. sinuata,2 invertebrate foot , pale amobarbital sodium , May to June , east Himalaya . M. superba,4 feet , pure whitened , May and June , Tibet , Bhutan .
M. villosa,2 fundament , butter-flower - yellow-bellied , July , Himalaya , perennial .
CultivationA woodland grease containing leafmould is most suitable , and some sluttish overhead shade during part of the day is appreciated . It is best to sow the seeds as soon as they are available in autumn , but if you get your cum from a commercial source they will not be available until the spring . A few species , such as
M. quintuplinerviamay be disperse by division ; others , for exemplar , M. grandis , may be increased by removing and root side - shoots . Many of the species , especially those with rosettes of silver leaves , are fit to the lower stratum of the rock garden . weewee generously in summer but keep wry in wintertime . In general , the meconopsis does well in damp conditions .
