HAVE: Blue Himalayan poppies

18 years ago

I have two blue Himalayan poppies in bloom at this time. None of the other three plants are showing buds at this time. I am told that they are Meconopsis x sheldonii, a cross between M. betonicifolia and M. grandis.

These guys take years to get to flowering size from seed.

The principle difficulty with Meconopsis is that the seed has short viability. In fact the advice I have from my propagation book is to sow as soon as they ripen, or store seeds dry in the refrigerator and sow in early spring.

I stumbled across Gardenweb this year and have had no experience with the garden exchange. I am afraid that I have not really thought through the business of exchange lists.

At this time I would like to see if there is any interest in seed from my Meconopsis or if I should deadhead the blooms after petal drop as I did in previous years.

If there were interest I would appreciate helpful suggestions on collecting & shipping the seed.

Due to the short viability of the seed I suspect that arrangements would have to be made before the seed ripens. There is also the problem of counting on seed before the flowers have even finished blooming.

I am posting this in both the Canadian Garden Exchange and Far North forums.

Ian

Meconopsis x sheldonii

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Viking_1_z5
18 years ago
Hello Ian,

You have mail.

Inger (Viking)
signet_gw(6b)
18 years ago
Hi Ian,

Would love to trade for some of your blue poppy seeds . Please email me to make trade arrangements.

Signet
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flowercrazy44
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I would also love to rade for some of your blue poppy seeds as they are beautiful.
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Patricia
Email me and I am sure we can work something out.
seedwizard
18 years ago
You have mail. Thank you.
ian_bc_north
Original Author
18 years ago
I have to close the offer to ensure that I have sufficient seed to supply those who have already contacted me.
I have had more interest in this challenging plant than I had anticipated.
If at harvest I have plenty of seed I will have to consider making another offer.
Ian
Hippie_Chick
18 years ago
Please, please keep me in mind if you have enough for further trade. I have been looking for these poppies. Thank-you.
charlottev
18 years ago
Ian, please keep me in mind also if you get enough seeds. I've been trying for years to grow this one, but they are fussy.
ian_bc_north
Original Author
18 years ago
Hippie Chick & CharlotteV please check your email.

I now have a couple of trades, of seed from the Blue Poppies, which have not been promised to anyone as yet.
I am still collecting seed, though itÂs getting near the end, maybe one or two more trades.

For those with whom I definitely made arrangements, the seed has gone out in the mail.

BTW my ISP has been on strike and I lost Internet access briefly.
Hopefully there wonÂt be any further difficulty.
Ian
rosiebee
18 years ago
Hi Ian,
I would love to trade for some of your Blue Himalayan Poppy seeds! I'll update my seed list today and hopefully we can work out a trade. Looking forward to hearing from you.

RosieBee
ian_bc_north
Original Author
18 years ago
RosieBee,
You have email.
Ian
triple_b
18 years ago
They are so beautiful, but out of my climate (we are semi-arid here) and probably out of my level of expertise. All the same it sure is nice to be in demand eh?

Cheers and happy blooming.