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A vigorous low spreading plant that has potential to be invasive, but I have never seen it doing so. I know of a rockery where it will never be possible to remove it
but it isn't unwelcome. This is in my opinion the best "blue" of the Pratia. It was raised by Graham Hutchins at County Park Nursery in Hornchurch from his own
seed collection in Tasmania.
In his 'Supplement to the New Zealand and Tasmanian 1985 seed collecting booklet' (1988) he says: "A form with fragrant deep violet-blue flowers I have named P.pedunculata 'County Park' was given an Award of Merit by the Royal Horticultural Society in July 1986." In the 'New Zealand and Tasmania seed collecting expedition 1985' account he lists two collections of P. pedunculata. I have not been able to determine which one was the origin of P. 'County Park', although the one listed on page.9 seems most likely given the vigour of the plant. Page.7 "Later in the day we drove out to Oonah Road where we had arranged to meet Margaret Kinsey, a nurserywoman who showed us around the many interesting plants in her garden. Margaret had also collected several wild plants for us, these included (...) and a good neat form of Pratia pedunculata. We were very grateful to Margaret for these plants as it was very unlikely that we would have found them all ourselves." Page.9 "Our next plant hunting spot was in an open forest near Tunnack. ... Various forms of Pratia pedunculata formed patches, large and small, with compact creeping stems, pubescent leaves and small star-like pale blue to deep blue flowers." |
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