Best Friends
By janelloyd
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Hello there – I love to be out in the garden – and enjoy nurturing my plants – growing seeds – taking cuttings and of course the visit to the garden centre to see what is new and now I will move on to my gardening tale.
Best friends -my Himalayan Blue Poppy – alias Meconopsis grandis (I think) has found new friends.
I love the intense blue of these elegant poppies, and have strived for many years to get one to bloom – so I have tried to grow one in a pot – the pic below is from last year its second year
Now I have read in gardening books that the poppy is shortlived so I wasn’t expecting it to reappear again this year , and guess what don’t ask me how it happened but it is sharing the pot with a Japonica and Redcurrant plant
The geranium plant is in the border to the rear of the pot and there are a few other bits in the pot to be removed methinks – ie a tansy plant for one thing – forever popping up in unexpected places
28 Apr, 2014
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I saw a bed of them at Logan botanic garden, absolutly stunning
28 Apr, 2014
I love these blue poppies but never been able to keep one for more than two seasons.
I'm pleased you still have yours :)
28 Apr, 2014
Very pretty Jane, I too cannot get them to survive in the garden.........
28 Apr, 2014
Thankyou for your comments - I am keeping my fingers crossed for a bloom this year - I shall post a pic of its progress - Jane
29 Apr, 2014
Jane Nice poppy the one you show looks very much Like the Variety Lingholm these are more perennial than a lot which die after flowering. Also easy from seed if Lingholm is the Variety, label appears still in the pot.
B
29 Apr, 2014
Blue poppies are relatively easy here in the cold North. But I still get a thrill every time I see one! Well done Jane, worth the wait! :)
21 Jan, 2015
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love that Poppy :O) never been able to grow them myself but that is special. :O)
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