Andrewr's Garden
Meconopsis betonicifolia
Genus: Meconopsis.
Species: Meconopsis betonicifolia.
This is the fabled blue Himalayan poppy. In Scotland and other parts of the UK with cool, moist summers, it can grow like a weed but the further south and east you come, the more difficult it is to keep it going. The trick, apparently, is not to let it flower until it has made more than one crown (each crown dies after flowering). Needs an acid soil and cool, rich, moist soil that does not become waterlogged in winter. Until I am successful in overwintering it, I shall have to keep treating it as an annual as they do at Wisley
