Research Seed

Research Seed
Seed from a form of a species (e.g. Meconopsis baileyi ‘Hensol Violet’) should breed true, within the range of natural variation. However, Big Blue Poppies which, probably, are hybrids (e.g. Meconopsis Jimmy Bayne) tend not to breed true from seed and usually produce inferior plants. True plants of Meconopsis ‘Jimmy Bayne’ can only be produced from vegetative divisions - a slow process, which explains why named clones are expensive.
Until 2016 the Meconopsis Group seed exchange did not include such seed as there was the possibility that, through human error, these inferior seedlings might get passed on, misnamed as the original clone plant, which could undo years of hard work by the Meconopsis Group. At the same time it was recognised that the seed could be important for selectively breeding a superior plant, which might be of such quality as to merit being a named clone in its own right.
Meconopsis Group Seed (MGS#) for research and hybridising purposes, currently are:
MGS#100 Seed from M. ‘Jimmy Bayne’ (GSG)
MGS#101 Seed from M. ‘Barney’s Blue’ (GSG?)
MGS#102 Seed from M. ‘Willie Duncan’ (distinct)
MGS#103 Seed from M. ‘Great Glen’ (distinct)
MGS#104 Seed from M. ‘Harry Bush’ (FBG, but does not breed true)
MGS#105 Seed from M. ‘Mop-head’ (FBG, but does not breed true)
MGS#106 Seed from M. ‘Evelyn’ (FBG, but does not breed true)
MGS#107 Seed from M. ‘Inverewe’ (source A. B.)
MGS#108 Seed from M. ‘Inverewe’ (source M. A.)
MGS#109 Seed from M. ‘Marit’ (IBG)
MGS#110 Seed from M. ‘Louise’ (FBG, but does not breed true)
MGS#111 Seed from M. ‘Ascreavie’ (GSG)
MGS#112 Seed from M. ‘James Aitken’ (IBG)
MGS#113 Seed from M. ‘Huntfield’ (GSG)
MGS#114 Seed from M. ‘Mervyn Kessell’ (IBG)
MGS#115 Seed from M. ‘Steve McNamara’ (FBG, but does not breed true)
MGS#116 Seed from M. ‘Bryan Conway’ (IBG)
MGS#117 Seed from M. ‘Dalemain’ (GSG)
MGS#118 Seed from M. ‘Crarae’ (IBG)
MGS#119 Seed from M. ‘Dorothy Renton’ (IBG)
MGS#120 Seed from M. ‘Slieve Donard’ (IBG)
MGS#121 Seed from M. 'P.C. Abildgaard' (IBG)
MGS#122 M. 'David Smith' (FBG, but unlikely to breed true)
MGS#123 M. 'Stuart Pawley' (FBG, but unlikely to breed true)
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