Meconopsis betonicifolia (Blue poppy)
Other names: Himalayan poppy, Tibetan poppy, China blue, Himalayan blue poppy, Meconopsis baileyi
M. betonicifolia is a deciduous perennial, with rosettes of hairy bluish-green leaves and bowl-shaped, blue, purple-blue or white flowers, borne singly on bristly stalks in summer.
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0.5m max. spread |
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1.5m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Meconopsis x cookei 'Old Rose' (Meconopsis 'Old Rose')
'Old Rose' is a clump-forming, herbaceous perennial with rosettes of lance-shaped, bright green leaves and slender, erect stems bearing nodding, mauve to dusky pink flowers in spring.
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0.3m max. spread |
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0.3m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Meconopsis (Infertile Blue Group) 'Slieve Donard' (Asiatic poppy 'Slieve Donard')
Other names: Meconopsis 'Dawyck', Meconopsis × sheldonii 'Slieve Donard'
'Slieve Donard' is a vigorous, rosette-forming, often short-lived, hairy perennial with elliptic to lance-shaped, dark green leaves and, in late spring and early summer, shallowly cup-shaped, brilliant, deep blue flowers.
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0.6m max. spread |
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1m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Meconopsis cambrica 'Frances Perry' (Welsh poppy 'Frances Perry')
Other names: Meconopsis cambrica 'Rubra', Meconopsis cambrica 'Rubra', Papaver cambricum 'Frances Perry'
'Frances Perry' is a bushy, tap-rooted, deciduous perennial with elliptic, irregularly-lobed, mid- to bright green leaves and, from late spring into autumn, shallowly cup-shaped, orange-red to red flowers with prominent yellow stamens.
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0.4m max. spread |
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0.4m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
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