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Hardiness: USDA Zone 3b: to -37.2 °C (-35 °F) USDA Zone 4a: to -34.4 °C (-30 °F) USDA Zone 4b: to -31.6 °C (-25 °F) USDA Zone 5a: to -28.8 °C (-20 °F) USDA Zone 5b: to -26.1 °C (-15 °F) USDA Zone 6a: to -23.3 °C (-10 °F) USDA Zone 6b: to -20.5 °C (-5 °F) USDA Zone 7a: to -17.7 °C (0 °F) USDA Zone 7b: to -14.9 °C (5 °F) USDA Zone 8a: to -12.2 °C (10 °F) USDA Zone 8b: to -9.4 °C (15 °F)
On Apr 23, 2006, Leehallfae from Seattle, WA wrote:
The seeds are easy to get started. Waiting for them to sprout is the hard part. Do not buy seed from catalog: Obtain it from someone who grows Meconopsis.
Anyway, as promised by Bill Terry, if one has rhododendrons, one can grow these lovely flowers.
These Meconopis are glorious. They grow in Seattle, Washington and are a regular feature at one of the garden stores.
Anyway, we have about 15 plants, and three are huge; from plants bought at Molbaks. They are planted in an area with lots of peat moss, plenty of shade and are protected from slugs.
Here is a link to how they look in the Shade Garden:
On Jul 31, 2005, Weezingreens from Seward, AK (Zone 3b) wrote:
Unlike many areas, Meconopsis enjoy the full sun here. Our summers do not get too hot for them to thrive. I purchased my M. betonicifolia from The Blue Poppy farm in Palmer, Alaska where the summers get considerably hotter than our coastal summers do. There they grew along a hillside, southern exposure to the sun, in both full sun and partial shade. All their plants thrived and volunteer meconopsis were popping up between the rocks.
5 vendors have this plant for sale.
