Welsh Poppy - Traditional Welsh Poppies

Traditional Welsh Poppies The Welsh poppy - Meconopsis cambrica is a perennial plant of the family Papaveraceae. Its habitat is damp shady places on rocky ground, and it is native to south-western England, Wales, Ireland and Western Europe. In its most western locations, it is increasingly found on more open ground with less cover. It has pinnately divided leaves. The flower is distinctively yellow or orange with four petals, and hairy green sepals that fall off quickly after the flower opens. It is especially well adapted to colonising gaps and crevices in rocks and stones. This habit has enabled it to colonise the urban emvironment, growing between paving slabs and at the edges of walls. It was originally classified as Papaver cambricum and may be referred to as such in older texts. It is the only member of the Meconopsis (Papaveraceae with yellow latex) genus native to Europe. This is the first year we have made these available for sale. We cannot advise the exact colouration apart from the yellow-orange colours as described because the genus is very varied, and plants supplied are plants cultivated last year and mature, but which are yet to produce flowers. Also soil conditions play a large part in the colours of the flowers produced by the plants. We have had the full range of the yellow to orange on one plant. Supplied in a large 2 litre pot and desspatched from March 2010 onwards Order early to avoid dissapointment.