Finally I have a bloom.

That is beautiful

Beautifull, Caroline.

Karen

Love that shade of blue? Did you do a happy dance?

I will do the Happy Dance when I get them to grow from seed through to flowering.
This was a plant purchased and planted last year.

They are tough to grow from seed. I have tried 2 times. Not one sprout!

Very pretty , good luck with the seeds.

You can do a happy dance just for getting them to live through one year.

It's beautiful.

I am soooooo jealous! I keep trying, but so far, no luck! I didn't know you could buy plants.

The plants are pricey---$10 or $15 CDN
There is one Alberta grower who has started growing these.

I have a few sprouts from a WS of Lingholm meconopsis.
I obtained the seeds from JLHudson in California.
His seeds seem to be giving better germination than some commercial sources did.

If I thought I could keep it alive, I wouldn't mind paying for one. Hmmm, may have to try that vendor in Cali. I think that variety is supposed to be a bit easier to grow anyway.

I've known quite a few WSowers who have had success sprouting them with WSowing. But the only ones who seem to have success actually growing them on beyond seedlings have been those in the PNW and one young woman in Newfoundland.

Karen

I grew one once. I tried for years, finally got one to live the winter, and bloom, and then it didn't come back the next winter. But I've never tried again, I was happy with the one success.

Some say they are monocarpic and die after flowering.
They may be more like biennials.
The different varieties may act differently.
I shall see if these come back next year.
At least I will be able to get fresh seeds this year, so I won't mind if they don't live another winter.
I think there is a problem to get fresh seeds.

I'd read that really fresh seed is the key. Do keep us updated on your results!

I think clintbrown has the answer to growing these everywhere. He says next year he's going to grow white poppies and water them with blue water.

Karen

That is not the same!
I do have one or two sprouts of meconopsis betoncifolia alba showing up.
Now I wonder: when the sprouts are tiny now and growing slowly---what do I do come fall?
Will tiny sprouts take a cold winter?
Ideally they should be good sized plants to put in the ground in the early fall.
Maybe mulching well with peat will take them through to next spring.
I shall see when fall comes.

In my experience, poppies take as much cold as Mother Nature gives them, even as tiny seedlings. Our winters do include some subzero temps.

Karen

That is heartening to hear!
We shall see how they fare next spring.

Blue water is so easy!