M. 'Ascreavie' (George Sherriff Group)
A cultivar of garden origin, related to M. gakyidiana. A distinctive cultivar with large open windmill shaped flowers. Strong growing but the lax flower stems tend to lean in windy R conditions.
MG Rating: ★★★   Awards: PC (2005)
Named by: The Meconopsis Group, 2002. Registered by: The Meconopsis Group, 2002.
Flowering: late May to July. Deep blue or sometimes mauve/blue or purple/blue. Flowers on short stems emerging from a whorl of leaf-like bracts on a leafy lax stem. Petals elliptic to elliptic-oval, long, narrow and wavy with the margins often reflexed. The petals do not overlap.
Emerging foliage: The late emerging broad leaves are initially suffused with a red-purple pigmentation and densely covered with pale short hairs.
Mature foliage: The mature basal leaves develop long petioles. The blades are broad, lanceolate-elliptic to ovate-elliptic with deeply serrate teeth on the leaf margins. Leaf tips acute, leaf base attenuate.
Fruit capsule: Narrowly ellipsoid and covered with short pale bristles. Long narrow style. Does not usually produce viable seed.
Etymology: This cultivar was submitted to The Meconopsis Group naming trial by a number of donors. It was named 'Ascreavie' after George Sherriff's garden in Angus where it was known to have been grown for many years.