This attractive plant has loose rosettes of light bluish green leaves and striking saucer-shaped blue flowers in summer.    It is considered a challenge to grow by even the most experienced gardeners but is worth the effort.  The amazing blue flower color is a traffic stopper. 

Best grown in partial shade in a sheltered location in cool, moist, well-drained soil.   They can be grown in full sun in far northern climates such as Alaska and Maine.   48”x18”   Deciduous.

May be short-lived, particularly in sodden winter soils.  Native to rock crevices and thickets in the Himalayan Mountains. Hardy to -40 degrees F.  Papaveraceae

Tufts of pale green leaves and yellow, cup-shaped flowers from summer to fall.  Grow in sun to part shade.  Easy to grow and and naturalizes when happy.  18”x10”  Deciduous. Hardy to -10 degrees F.  Western European native.  Papaveraceae

There are also red and orange selections of the Welsh Poppy. See photo at left.

This an interesting poppy because the foliage and flower buds are covered with wicked looking spines. The reddish blue flowers emerge in spring and are quite pretty.  As is the case for several of the meconopsis species, it is monocarpic and will die after flowering. 

Grow in cool sun to part shade.  Height is variable from 6- 30" tall.  Hardy to -10 degrees F.  Papaveraceae

This vigorous hybrid features the glorious blue flower color along with hybrid vigor that has given it the reputation as being one of the easiest and longest lived of the Himalayan Blue Poppies.  The fact that it produces fertile seeds differentiates it from some of the sterile hybrids.

Best grown in partial shade in a sheltered location in cool, moist, well-drained soil.   It can be grown in full sun in northern climates such as Alaska and Maine.   48”x18”   Deciduous.  Hardy to -40 degrees F. Papaveraceae

The satin poppy has hairy, lobed basal leaves, attractive in their own right, and branching stems that produce many bowl-shaped pink, purple, red or yellow flowers in early summer.  This is a dramatic plant 4-8 feet tall with an impressive floral display.    The bad news is that it is monocarpic and dies after it blooms, however seeds can be collected and grown to start its life cycle again. 

Grow in partial shade in moist, humus rich, well-drained soil.  Hardy to 10 degrees F. Western Himalayas.  Papaveraceae

There is some debate that this plant might be

Meconopsis paniculata.