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Name: Jeanie Minnesota (Zone 4a) Replace your lawn with a garden!              foraygardengirl Jul 1, 2014 11:47 AM CST |
| I absolutely love these -- I'm in a suburb of the Twin Cities, zone 4A. I thought a spot on the north side of my house might work. What do you think? :+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+: Old gardeners never die. They are just pruned and repotted. |
Name: Caroline Scott Calgary (Zone 4a)          CarolineScott Jul 1, 2014 5:39 PM CST |
| The photo is the north side of my house in zone 3. Yes, go for it. They like a peaty soil. |
Name: Lori Calgary, Alberta, Canada   growitall Jul 1, 2014 6:18 PM CST |
| To grow them (Meconopsis in general) well, people here have sunk large containers in the ground and created bog* environments. They are certainly hardy - the challenge is creating the environment for them.\ *Maybe I shouldn't say "bog" environments, but areas that can be kept moist, in comparison to the surrounding area, in this dry climate. |
Name: Jeanie Minnesota (Zone 4a) Replace your lawn with a garden! foraygardengirl Jul 1, 2014 6:34 PM CST |
| Oooh. I might reconsider then. I don't do supplemental watering except in extreme circumstances. I might be thinking of a different plant in the family. I had seen an article about some gardens in Alaska and they had some very lovely blue poppies. Ivwill research further. Thanks for all the good information! :+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+: Old gardeners never die. They are just pruned and repotted. |
Name: Lori Calgary, Alberta, Canada growitall Jul 1, 2014 10:27 PM CST |
| Oops, didn't mean to scare you off. It's fun to try things, and Meconopsis can be gotten through a year or two without going to any great extremes. To keep them well for years though will require adapting a planting area to their needs. |
Name: Jeanie Minnesota (Zone 4a) Replace your lawn with a garden! foraygardengirl Jul 2, 2014 5:06 AM CST |
| Not to worry; I don't scare that easily. I may try them anyway, but will research further and will probably choose a different spot than I was originally thinking. Thanks for the info! :+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+: Old gardeners never die. They are just pruned and repotted. |
Name: Caroline Scott Calgary (Zone 4a) CarolineScott Jul 2, 2014 7:10 AM CST |
| Some are monocarpic, and will die after flowering. I am experimenting with them in more exposed sites, but used rose huts over them for the winter. I would recommend buying plants, and then saving the seeds from them. Fresh viable seed is hard to come by! |
Name: Jeanie Minnesota (Zone 4a) Replace your lawn with a garden! foraygardengirl Jul 2, 2014 7:30 AM CST |
| Great suggestions, thank you! :+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+: Old gardeners never die. They are just pruned and repotted. |
Name: Lori Calgary, Alberta, Canada growitall Jul 2, 2014 9:05 AM CST |
| Here's some info on the perennial species/hybrids: http://www.meconopsis.org/spag... Looks like there has been confusion between M. betonicifolia and M. baileyi: http://www.seedaholic.com/meco... |
Name: Jeanie Minnesota (Zone 4a) Replace your lawn with a garden! foraygardengirl Jul 2, 2014 9:25 AM CST |
| Good info - thanks for the links. Based on what I have read, I'll have to pick a site carefully if I'm going to try these. :+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+: Old gardeners never die. They are just pruned and repotted. |
Name: Caroline Scott Calgary (Zone 4a) CarolineScott Nov 18, 2016 8:36 AM CST |
| And did you try these? I am going to try again this next season. Most of the ones that I had,-- have died off, so will start a few from seeds after the holidays. |
Name: Jeanie Minnesota (Zone 4a) Replace your lawn with a garden! foraygardengirl Nov 19, 2016 7:22 AM CST |
| Hi Caroline, No I did not yet try these. I had a chance to get some and passed it up for this year. I would have had to rework my front garden to provide the right spot, and I just didn't get to it. I am still thinking about it though. So pretty. :+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+: Old gardeners never die. They are just pruned and repotted. |
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