"Himalayan blue poppy" which became famous for the The International Garden and Greenery Exposition,Osaka,Japan,1990.
The figure has Mystical beauty, and is a very popular flower.
The seed and seedling acquisition was difficult those days,
but it comparatively becomes easy to go into a hand.
As for the actual condition, there are few places currently grown in Japan.
Because a part of Hokkaido -- in except, the heat of summer is not be able to be borne but it will wither.
Papaveraceae |
Meconopsis betonicifolia Franch. |
Himalayan blue poppy, Tibetan blue poppy |
The whole is such touch.Since it is after rain, the petal is getting wet and giving a few.
A close-up of a flower.
It is said that what Goto of this garden actually saw in Himalaya was bluer.
another stock -- it has got wet after rain again.
Purple is a little deeper than the upper thing.
A close-up of a flower.
It has five petals although the upper thing has four petals.
The next bud has already swollen also on the stock which the second flower finished.
If a first flower finishes a second flower will open,
and if a second flower finishes a third flower will open.
Since one blooms at a time in order, the time when a flower can be seen may be long.