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Site Contents
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Home Page
Welcome to the Meconopsis Group
Supplementary pages:
MM. baileyi & betonicifolia reclassifaction
Historical background of Group
Study Group
Need for the Study Group - Identification and naming problems -
Cultivation and propagation - Conservation -
Solving the problems of identification and nomenclature
Introduction to the Genus
1. Defining the genus Meconopsis within the family Papaveraceae
2. Distribution of the species in the wild
Supplementary page:
Distribution Map
3. Variability within the genus
Species or Hybrid - Monocarpic or perennial - Fertile or sterile -
Flower colour and plant size
Supplementary pages:
Species Table
Monocarpic Meconopsis
Perennial Meconopsis
Colour range
4. Big perennial blue Himalayan poppies
Introduction to the plants - Identity and naming problems -
Approved names - Longevity.
Supplementary pages:
Name phrase qualifications
Identifying and naming
Table of approved names
Longevity of M 'Lingholm' and M. betonicifolia
Plant portraits of the Genus
(Full list of all pages available in plant portraits)
Detailed information on individual species and cultivars.
1. Big perennial blue poppy species and hybrids in cultivation
(This section is under development but is complete for many cultivars)
Extra supplementary pages:
Classification and Groups
General description of big perennial blue poppies
2. Species growing in the wild
(This section is under development. Only a few species are illustrated
but pages will be added as preparation progresses.)
Supplementary pages:
George Taylor's classification of Meconopsis species
Subgenus Discogyne
Contributors of Photographs Taken in the Wild
Meconopsis for first-time growers
1. Big perennial blue poppies
Meconopsis betonicifolia - Fertile hybrids - Sterile hybrids
2. Monocarpic (non-perennial) forms
3. Meconopsis cambrica
4. Some recommended plants
Sources
M. grandis on the Arunuachal Pradesh / Bhutan border
Cultivation and Propagation of Meconopsis
1. Growing plants in the garden
2. Vegetative (asexual) propagation by division
3. Raising Meconopsis from seed
Supplementary pages contributed by:
Ian Christie
James Cobb
Leslie Drummond
Bill Terry
Supplementary pages by Paul Matthews who reports on a
symposium held by the Group in 1999:
Talks by Graeme Butler, John Mattingley,
and Margaret & Henry Taylor
Questionnaire results
Article by Tom Pollard in the "Lakeland Gardener"
4. Diseases (under development)
M. quintuplinervia
in Qinghai
Seed Exchange
Members seed exchange
News, Reports, Meetings
Recent and forthcoming meetings
RHS trial of big perennial blue poppies
Supplementary page:
Meconopsis-rich gardens
Members' area and archive
Login page for members area (Direct link to members area)
Further Reading
Books and articles on Meconopsis.
Contact, Membership
Contacting us.
How to join The Meconopsis Group and take part in our activities.
Aims of The Meconopsis Group.
Subscription payments (separate page).
Nurseries
Nurseries who supply Meconopsis plants.
M. betonicifolia growing in woodland in Jianchuang, Yunnan
Related Organisations
External links to societies and other relevant institutions.
Acknowledgements
The people who contributed so generously to this site