I have 3 meconopsis got thm last year from t&m survived the winter outside in pots put them in flower bed under a hawthorn tree and one is now flowering brilliant blue chuffed to bits infortunatley something knocked the bud off another but the last one is catching up!
Help I have planted a himilayan blue poppy young plant in a pot I have had it for 2 weeks now when I planted it it had 2 leavves and another stalk with no leaves but now the two leaves have died leaving just the stalk ..Have I killed it .Can I hav some advice please.xx
I've not grown Mecanopsis myself, but I know that they need ericaceous compost as they cannot tolerate lime in the soil. For this reason I would assume that if you live in a hard water area they should not be watered with tap water - however this site http://www.meconopsis.org/pages/cultivate1.html recommends using tap water to avoid the risk of bacterial infections - I suppose that presupposes that the water isn't hard.
There's lots of information on that site - what is obvious is that Mecanopsis do not take kindly to long hot summers such as we've been having this year . They prefer well-drained gritty compost, a moist atmosphere and cool dappled shade in the summer - perhaps that's why your plant is looking unhappy.
Good luck
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I have a group of several species of mecanopsis which are growing in a bed with a large hedge to the west side and a pear tree which covers them in the summer. They are in a dampish peaty acid soil and produce flowers for several years before succumbing to age. Have a look at the web pages of the Mecanopsis Society for a lot of information on the growing of these beautiful big blue poppies.
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I have 3 meconopsis got thm last year from t&m survived the winter outside in pots put them in flower bed under a hawthorn tree and one is now flowering brilliant blue chuffed to bits infortunatley something knocked the bud off another but the last one is catching up!
Help I have planted a himilayan blue poppy young plant in a pot I have had it for 2 weeks now when I planted it it had 2 leavves and another stalk with no leaves but now the two leaves have died leaving just the stalk ..Have I killed it .Can I hav some advice please.xx
I've not grown Mecanopsis myself, but I know that they need ericaceous compost as they cannot tolerate lime in the soil. For this reason I would assume that if you live in a hard water area they should not be watered with tap water - however this site http://www.meconopsis.org/pages/cultivate1.html recommends using tap water to avoid the risk of bacterial infections - I suppose that presupposes that the water isn't hard.
There's lots of information on that site - what is obvious is that Mecanopsis do not take kindly to long hot summers such as we've been having this year
. They prefer well-drained gritty compost, a moist atmosphere and cool dappled shade in the summer - perhaps that's why your plant is looking unhappy.
Good luck
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I have a group of several species of mecanopsis which are growing in a bed with a large hedge to the west side and a pear tree which covers them in the summer. They are in a dampish peaty acid soil and produce flowers for several years before succumbing to age. Have a look at the web pages of the Mecanopsis Society for a lot of information on the growing of these beautiful big blue poppies.