blue poppies
...
But I see your true colors
shining through
I see your true colors
and that's why I love you
so don't be afraid to let them show
your true colors
true colors are beautiful
like a rainbow
...
Cyndi Lauper
True Colors
Although these poppies are photoshopped (and originally red)
Blue poppies really do exist:
There is special kind of poppy that is the Meconopsis. It's a genus containing about 50 species of annuals, biennials and short-lived perennials. They grow in the eastern Himalayas and western China, and only the Welsh poppy (yellow or orange) grows in western Europe and Britain. This genus is unique because the three primary colours (blue, red, yellow) are represented in the cup shaped flowers, but it's the blue ones that seem to have a strange attraction on people. This special kind of Meconopsis are the blue poppies or Himalayan poppies.
There are 3 kinds of blue poppies that we know of: - M. Betonicifolia or Himalayan Blue Poppy - M. Grandis or Tibetan Blue Poppy - M. Simplicifolia
The ones mentioned below are a result of combining species or hybrids as they're called: - M. x Sheldonii "Bobby Masterton" - M. Lingholm - M. x Sheldonii "Jimmy Bayne" - M. Fertile Blue Group (not yet named) - M. x Sheldonii "Slieve Donard" - M. x Sheldonii "Mrs. Jebb" - M. x Sheldonii "Crwedson Hybrid" - M. Barney's Blue (this flower opens pink, lightens in colour and then changes to blue). (M. x Sheldoni is a cross between M Betonicifolia and M. Grandis)
Because of all the mix up all the names did it was decided that all these kinds of blue poppies were named Big Perennial Blue Himalayan Poppies to make it a bit easier.
More info: www.poppiesinternational.com/articles/blue_poppies.html?a...
picture of the blue himalayan poppy: www.coastbotanicalgarden.org/articles/bluepoppy.htm
blue poppies
...
But I see your true colors
shining through
I see your true colors
and that's why I love you
so don't be afraid to let them show
your true colors
true colors are beautiful
like a rainbow
...
Cyndi Lauper
True Colors
Although these poppies are photoshopped (and originally red)
Blue poppies really do exist:
There is special kind of poppy that is the Meconopsis. It's a genus containing about 50 species of annuals, biennials and short-lived perennials. They grow in the eastern Himalayas and western China, and only the Welsh poppy (yellow or orange) grows in western Europe and Britain. This genus is unique because the three primary colours (blue, red, yellow) are represented in the cup shaped flowers, but it's the blue ones that seem to have a strange attraction on people. This special kind of Meconopsis are the blue poppies or Himalayan poppies.
There are 3 kinds of blue poppies that we know of: - M. Betonicifolia or Himalayan Blue Poppy - M. Grandis or Tibetan Blue Poppy - M. Simplicifolia
The ones mentioned below are a result of combining species or hybrids as they're called: - M. x Sheldonii "Bobby Masterton" - M. Lingholm - M. x Sheldonii "Jimmy Bayne" - M. Fertile Blue Group (not yet named) - M. x Sheldonii "Slieve Donard" - M. x Sheldonii "Mrs. Jebb" - M. x Sheldonii "Crwedson Hybrid" - M. Barney's Blue (this flower opens pink, lightens in colour and then changes to blue). (M. x Sheldoni is a cross between M Betonicifolia and M. Grandis)
Because of all the mix up all the names did it was decided that all these kinds of blue poppies were named Big Perennial Blue Himalayan Poppies to make it a bit easier.
More info: www.poppiesinternational.com/articles/blue_poppies.html?a...
picture of the blue himalayan poppy: www.coastbotanicalgarden.org/articles/bluepoppy.htm