Meconopsis cambrica, Welsh Poppy

Common Name: Welsh Poppy

Meconopsis cambricay, more commonly known as the Welsh Poppy, is a perennial plant of damp, shady, hilly or rocky places, and is also found on walls and roadsides; height: 45cm and spread: 25cm. It is native in damp woodlands in South West England and Wales, but widespread in many other places as a garden escapee.

It flowers from June to August, and attracts pollinating bees and insects. It is an ideal plant to brighten up a shady corner in a garden as it self-seeds and spreads freely. It has four, overlapping, yellow petals borne on a thin, green stem.

The only other yellow poppies are the Californian poppy, a garden escapee with much more delicate leaves; the Yellow horned-poppy, which grows on the seashore; and the Greater celandine, which has numerous smaller flowers.

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