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Himalayan Blue Poppies
Meconopsis betonicifolia, grandis, Hybrids, and Related Species

Many people have heard of blue poppies, a few will have seen them, even fewer will have grown them.
The genus Meconopsis includes the elusive Himalayan Blue Poppies, but also other plants with flowers in every colour of the rainbow. One thing they have in common is a preference for cool moist shady places. The flowers are like the more common Papaver poppies, with large delicate petals held in a cup shape, although fully double forms are found in one species.