Well I think it is perennial (or hardy annual in my zone) so it should be OK to sow. I have WSed it and really liked it. It blooms early in the second year for me. I am starting some more seed though, tomorrow, as it was kind of short lived -3 seasons.Hmmmm, so maybe it's not perennial.

I've WSed Geums. They don't bloom until their second year, and those blooms are sparse, by year three catch up. It's a nice plant, very old-fashioned I think ;-)

My SIL has an orange double blooming geum which reseeds in her gardens so she gave me a couple of plants for my gardens. Likely a great wsing candidate! I've asked her for seeds this coming year as I am starting to have a real liking for reds and oranges in the gardens. :O)

tiffy, it's OT for this forum, but I did WS geum triloba, quite a few.

Anyway I believe you successfully have WS'ed the large blue poppy. There are several varieties. I have one packet of Meconopsis Grandis from T&M. This one says full sun; some are part shade.

The instructions say to sow on the surface of a "gritty" seed compost. I just mixed up a fresh batch of soil and will let it sit overnight for the water I added to work thru it. For the Meconopsis, I thought I'd add just a little sand and a little vermiculite, just enough for those, will keep it out of the main batch.

I guess I've been spelling that one wrong, too.

Do you think that would be ok or what did you sow yours in?

I love my Geums! I have Mango Lasi, and Fireball, which were purchased as plants, but I also have Blazing Sunset, which I wintersowed this past year. It is very similar to Mrs. Bradshaw, and I am looking forward to seeing it bloom this year.

Geum 'Fireball' was a blooming machine last year, covered with blooms for 8 weeks
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Mango Lasi didn't bloom quite as long, but it is one of the earliest things to bloom, so it fills the gap between the daffodils, and the summer bloomers.
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The thing that I really love about Geums is that the foliage is attractive, so they look good even when they are not blooming.

Bonnie

Bonnie,

I must agree about the foliage. Easy to identify and stays nice all season, truly a plant that has green power. :O)

Aliska, I just plant mine in Promix and out they go. I will be sowing the Lingholm this year which is suppodsedly a better performing Meconopsis.

Just to let you know, I rarely return to a post after posting due to having little time so if you have any questions which are off topic to a post you can start a new post to attract my attention or e-mail me.

tiffy, "so if you have any questions which are off topic to a post you can start a new post to attract my attention or e-mail me."

I'll do that if it seems important enough, try this first. Thank you. I'll have to look up Lindholm but will try this one first. I figured what you said, know you're busy, and sometimes I don't go back to threads to check.

Those geums are really pretty, and I like the foliage.

I do start new threads but try not to clutter up the board with too many of them.

Thank you. I have no idea what Promix is like compared with what I'm using. I'll wing it, add just a little sand for the Meconopsis and leave out the vermiculite. Vermiculite hasn't seemed to do much for me anyway and not sure but what it causes surface problems.

tiffy you might not check back here but I'll catch up with you somewhere, don't want to make it look like I'm stalking you all over the place, saw a new post on another thread :-).

I read that too quickly and got that as Lindholm. Google helped me with that, Lingholm, found some photos. It has a prettier bloom form, a little ruffle to the petals, and possibly longer-lasting blooms, beautiful and hardy to z5. Not this year no no no, did something really crazy the other night relevant to seeds and money.

The meconopsis have been sown. It said soil should not be too wet so I scooped enough out, mixed a little sand in it and some dry seed starter. Hope it works. They're outside, and it's up to them now.