This is a public-interest archive. Personal data is pseudonymized and retained under GDPR Article 89.

Re: Leptospermum 'Henry Price'

Tim Longville wrote:
> 
> On a recent trip to Ireland I picked up a very pretty white-flowered
> form of Leptospermum scoparium which Carewswood House Nursery in Co.
> Cork was selling as L.s. 'Henry Price.' This isn't - according to The
> Plant Finder - available in the U.K. Indeed, I don't know if, apart
> from in Ireland, it's available anywhere in Europe.
> 
> I wondered if anyone on the Medit-Plants list might know anything
> about this plant. Is it an Irish form? Or Australian? Or 'other'? And
> who was or is H. P. and why is his name attached to it?
> 
> I'm still reeling from the (horti-) cultural shock of the gigantic
> sizes Oz, NZ and Chilean plants reach in the soft Irish south - and
> NOT from the stout and the whiskey, your honour, I swear.
> 
> Memory tells me it was even sunny and hot for the weeks we were in
> Ireland. Perhaps after all the stout and whiskey had more effect than
> I'm admitting...
> 
> Back on the Solway Coast in Cumbria it is of course NOT sunny and hot
> - but undaunted Henry Price is flowering vigorously, all the same.

Hi  Tim 
It's good to know you have got home safely from those wild parts!

I must say I haven't heard of Henry Price here, either as the name of a
Leptospermum or in any other capacity. 

However, the only reasonably recent and reliable check-list I have is
seven years old, so it could be a real newcomer.

I don't think many L scoparium cultivars originate in Australia, they
work mostly with other species, such as rotundifolium, which tend to be
a bit on the tender side for cooler parts of New Zealand (and so,
presumably, Ireland).

My guess would be that the Irish are responsible. (guilty, yer Honour??)

Moira

-- 
Tony & Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz>
Both Retired. Careers were: Moira - botanist/horticulturist; 
Tony - Various jobs, then computer programmer.
Wainuiomata, Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Other Mailing lists | Author Index | Date Index | Subject Index | Thread Index