This is a huge undertaking and planning will need done well in advance. A very small team have started to consider things already so will let all members know early in the New Year 2024, exactly how everyone could assist or join in.

It will be a team effort and members who are involved will be able to attend Chelsea, help set things up, be on duty at times to promote the wonderful plants but most importantly will have time to enjoy Chelsea for themselves.  

 

Much the same as happened at Gardening Scotland we will organise days and slots when people can be on the stand but unless you want to its not a 7 day thing! Looks like expenses covered!!!

The Plant Photo Bank of China has tens of thousands of photos, including very many of Meconopsis. This link goes to the whole collection of plants, and this link goes directly to Meconopsis.

You can search for a particular species or sub-species using the search box at the top left. Start typing Meconopsis and the first few letters of the species name, and then select from the drop-down box. Then click on the magnifying glass, and a page with all the thumbnails will open. Under the name of the plant are some Chinese characters with a number; that is the number of images for the species.

Under each thumbnail there is some text. In the bottom line before the @ sign is the photographer’s name; after the @ there is some location information – not very precise. If you copy it and paste it into Google translate or similar you can get an English translation.

Clicking on an image opens a new window with a full-size image, which you can expand, rotate, etc. At the right is some more information, including the date taken, which may be useful information about flowering times.