M. 'Harry Bush'
A cultivar of garden origin. Introduced by H. Bush. Fairly similar to M. ‘Lingholm’ but the basal leaf margins are more coarsely serrated and plants are slightly later in flowering.
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Named by: The Meconopsis Group, 2009. Registered by: The Meconopsis Group, 2009.
Flowering: Late-May to June. Bowl-shaped to saucer-shaped, sky blue, nodding to half-nodding flowers. The ovate overlapping petals are slightly fluted.
Emerging foliage: Erect mid-green leaves, densely clothed with pale straw-coloured hairs which have a distinct white tip.
Mature foliage: The basal leaves are elliptic with long petioles. The leaf apex is sub-acute and the leaf base attenuate. The leaf margins are regularly incised with quite coarse serrate-dentate teeth.
Fruit capsule: Narrowly ellipsoid with a slender twisted style. The capsules are densely covered with long ginger hairs which have noticeably white tips. They produce fertile seed but plants should be propagated vegetatively in order to retain the cultivar’s characteristics.
Etymology: Named after the nurseryman Harry Bush who purchased this cultivar at a garden opening at Ascreavie in the early 1970s. Divisions were later given to Graeme Butler who brought it to the attention of The Meconopsis Group.