NCCPG_National_Plant_Collection

National Plant Collection

National Plant Collection

UK horticultural conservation scheme

A National Plant Collection is a registered and documented collection of a group of cultivated plants in the United Kingdom.[1] National Plant Collections are part of a plant conservation scheme run by Plant Heritage, a registered charity which aims to protect and develop the biological and heritage resource of plants in UK gardens.[2]

Participating individuals or organisations undertake to collect and conserve living material of a particular group of plants, as well as research its history and cultivation.[3][4] Collection holders must be members of Plant Heritage, and agree to stringent requirements for labelling, documentation, and propagation of the collection.[5] They may be individuals, botanic gardens, plant nurseries, local authority parks, or groups of people holding distributed collections.[1]

Some collections are composed of a taxonomic group, such as a single genus or species. Others are defined by a horticultural group, such as cultivars with particular foliage characteristics or plants collected by a certain historical figure.[4] There may be multiple collections covering the same plant group, which reduces the risk of rare plants being lost from extreme climatic events.[3]

As of October 2023, there are over 700 collections comprising a total of over 95,000 plants.[1]

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References

  1. [1]
    "What are the National Collections?". Plant Heritage. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
  2. [2]
    "Plant Heritage, registered charity no. 1004009". Charity Commission for England and Wales.
  3. [3]
    Johnson, Rosamund; Gulliver, Simon (2002). "The National Plant Collection Scheme". Historic Gardens. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
  4. [4]
    "Start a National Plant Collection". Plant Heritage. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
  5. [5]
    "Collection Holder's Handbook" (PDF). Plant Heritage. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
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