Blooming in late spring, the vigorous plants (meconopsis grandis) are perfect peony companions.
Gardeners interested in trying them are invited to contact her via this website (poppies@criv.com). She offers divisions and demonstrates how to sustain and propagate these plants as she has done in her northern New Hampshire garden for years.
These exotic newcomers to the peony garden are the bluest blue—pieces of the sky on stems.