Welsh Poppy?

[Pete Collins]

Just checking - I think this is a Welsh Poppy.

I found it yesterday, growing on chalk downland in Buckinghamshire. No doubt a garden escapee.

Thanks,

Pete

[leifus]

Well, someone else will have to back me up but it could be greater celendine...

[Pete Collins]

Originally Posted by leifus

Well, someone else will have to back me up but it could be greater celendine...

No, I don't think so Leifus. It's not obvious from the photo, but the petals were Poppy size, I think Greater Celandine is much smaller. I don't think the leaves are right for Greater Celandine either. Then again, I'm frequently wrong!

[aeshna5]

Originally Posted by Pete Collins

Just checking - I think this is a Welsh Poppy.

I found it yesterday, growing on chalk downland in Buckinghamshire. No doubt a garden escapee.

Thanks,

Pete

You're correct Pete- it is indeed Welsh Poppy, Meconopsis cambrica- a scarce native, but fairly common garden escape. Lovely plant which I have seeding about in my garden. By far the easiest Meconopsis to grow, especially in the south-east.

[Pete Collins]

Thanks very much, aeshna5. I had looked it up in my books, and so thought it was probably a garden escapee. As you say it is a lovely plant, it looked quite striking beside the footpath.