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MECONOPSIS & PAPAVER POPPIES Papaveraceae (Poppy family) 绿绒蒿属 罂粟属 |
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Meconopsis betonicifolia in our garden. Photograph © Paige Woodward |
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Meconopsis betonicifolia Franchet. Himalayan blue poppy. Native to wet meadows and moist scrub in the eastern Himalaya ~ Tibet (Xizang), Yunnan and Myanmar (Burma) ~ at 3120 - 4000 m (10,200 - 13,100'). This beautiful species is sometimes monocarpic: that is, some plants die after they bloom. We cannot guarantee that our plants will bloom year after year, but they do so for us, and we sow their seeds only. | |
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| Meconopsis Fertile Blue Group. | ||
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| Meconopsis forrestii Prain. Forrest's poppy. We are waiting for these to mature so that we can verify their identity. | ||
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| Meconopsis horridula Hook. f. & Thomson. Prickly blue poppy. We are waiting for these to mature so that we can verify their identity | ||
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| Meconopsis x sheldonii. | ||
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Photograph © Paige Woodward
Photograph © Pat Woodward |
Papaver alboroseum Hultén. Portage poppy. Small, silky flowers of the tenderest apricot bloom in June above a dense rosette of cut, hairy, blue-green leaves. This treasure, 10-15 cm (4-6") tall in bloom, grows in scattered rocky, snowmelt sites at elevations from sea level to 2000 m (6500') across the arc of Beringia, from northern British Columbia through Alaska and the Aleutians to Kamchatka and the Russian Far East. Its best known site is the gravel outwash below the Portage Glacier near Anchorage, Alaska. Zone 5, perhaps colder. | |
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Papaver lateritium C. Koch. Armenian poppy. Top picture: the flower, its leaves not visible. Bottom picture: the handsome, hairy leaves. We grew this from seeds labelled P. tianschanicum, but it keys out as P. lateritium, "a stoloniferous perennial from Turkey, rarely grown in gardens," according to Grey-Wilson. Single apricot flowers, about 2 cm (1") across, bloom in May-June on wiry stems 20-30 cm (8-12") tall. When rabbits or chicorees nip off the buds in our garden, the plants often send up new flowers that bloom in late summer. Zone 5, perhaps colder. | |
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