General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 11
Plant Height: 10-16 inch
Plant Spread: 10 inch
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Orange
Yellow
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Fall
Uses: Groundcover
Suitable as Annual
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Seeds: Provide light
Stratify seeds: 4 weeks if sowing indoors
Needs specific temperature: If sown indoors move seedlings after germination to 15°C
Suitable for wintersowing
Sow in situ
Start indoors
Can handle transplanting

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Common names
  • Welsh Poppy
  • Cambrian Poppy
  • Poppy
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Papaver cambricum
  • Synonym: Meconopsis cambrica

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Location: Newby Hall garden, Ripon, Yorkshire UK
Date: 2022-05-15
Location: St Louis
Date: 2016-05-13
Crepe paper texture of petals
Location: Iceland
Date: Old photo.
Growing on wall
Location: Botanical Garden Meise (near Brussels - Belgium)
Date: 2023-05-15
Location: Botanical Garden Meise (near Brussels - Belgium)
Location: Washington 8b
Date: 2020-05-09
Location: Botanical Garden Meise (near Brussels - Belgium)
Date: 2023-05-15
Location: Botanical Garden Meise (near Brussels - Belgium)
Date: 2023-05-15
Location: Washington
Date: 2016-04-19
Location: My garden in Belgium
Date: 2013-06-13
Location: My garden, Northumberland
Date: 2014-05-02
An easy self seeder
Location: St Louis
Location: My garden in Belgium
Date: 2010-11-01

Credit: Dominicus Johannes Bergsma
Location: My garden in Belgium
Date: 2013-06-13
Location: My garden in Belgium
Date: 2013-06-11
unripe seedpods
Location: Botanical Garden Meise (Belgium)
Date: 2017-07-23
Location: Botanical Garden Meise (Belgium)
Date: 2017-07-23
Location: My garden in Belgium
Date: 2011-08-24
Location: My garden in Belgium
Date: 2013-06-09
Location: My garden in Belgium
Date: 2013-06-11

Date: 2010-05-28
Credit Tony Smith
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire UK
Date: 2022-04-30
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Comments:
  • Posted by Mindy03 (Delta KY) on May 3, 2012 4:22 PM concerning plant:
    Honey bees get nectar and pollen from this plant.
Plant Events from our members
MrsBinWY On January 20, 2019 Seeds sown
last 30 seeds from okieheart in milk jug, per TC: 41-59 degrees, use cold sunroom
MrsBinWY On January 21, 2018 Seeds sown
(Meconopsis cambrica 'Marjolein') WS 16 seeds from okieheart
piksihk On January 28, 2021 Seeds sown
old seeds? uniqueseedscom
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