On 19/06/2013 16:42, Spider wrote:
On 19/06/2013 13:22, David Hill wrote:
On 19/06/2013 12:01, Spider wrote:
On 18/06/2013 08:41, David Hill wrote:

If nothing else, the yellow welsh poppy Mecanopsis cambrica
tolerates a
good deal of shade - I have it growing in the join between tarmac and
wall in the narrow lane alongside my house.

In our experience - a happy one - M cambrica tolerates just about
everything but deep sea immersion! It has seeded itself all over the
place in our garden. We have it in beds facing east, south weat and
north, in pots and slightly posher containers, in wide borders and in
something closely resembling a gravel path and it seems to be having a
particularly good year this year. It's a fabulous plant and if it
wasn't so generous with its favours, people would be fighting over
obtaining seeds, imo. It's probably Ray's favourite plant AND to cap
its virtues, it's a rare day in the year when you can't find one in
flower somewhere in the garden. Every garden should have one - to
start
with! ;-)


That is IF you can get it to start, it doesn't seem to like me as I've
failed every time I have tried to grow it.




It takes best from *really* fresh seed. Can you beg some from a
neighbour?


I would if I could, but I cant as there is no one in this part of Wales
growing it that I have found.




Right. That can be remedied. I have collected a fair bit of seed from
my garden this week. I only need a bit for my garden, and I've got
shedloads:~). I'll pop some in an envelope for you later this evening,
once dinner is out of the way.


Sounds as if I should try it on rough ground like the car park, and not
be to kind to it.