Looking for a plant?
Do you crave a plant for your garden that isn't seen in your area? Or perhaps you just enjoy tracking down plants that are a little more unusual? There are a number of different places that might help you find what you are looking for...
Plant Heritage (NCCPG) National Plant Collections®
The Collections Directory is a list of all the National Plant Collections and will tell you if they sell plants and also if they supply by mail order. Even if the collection is not a nursery they may have a specimen that you can look at or know of a supplier.
The RHS Plant Finder
Every year the RHS compile a publication called the
RHS Plant Finder. The intention is to make it easier to source unusual plants. Nurseries send in the plants that they list and this is used to produce an A-Z Plant Directory of some 70,000 names against which are listed a series of nursery codes. The Nurseries section at the back of the book gives their full details. Those genera with a National Plant Collection are marked with a flower symbol. The publication can be sourced from RHS Enterprises or can be
searched online.
Plant Heritage Plant Sales
Plant Heritage's network of Area Groups, amongst other activities, work to make rare plants more available. The more available a plant is, the less likely it is to be lost. Most of our Groups hold plant sales that are listed in under the Plant Sales tab to the right of your screen.
The Plant Exchange Scheme - FREE TO MEMBERS!
Many Plant Heritage Area Groups also participate in the
Plant Exchange. Members and Collection Holders submit lists of rare plants they have to spare and also plants they would like. The two lists are matched up and the plants are exchanged at our
National Annual General Meeting.
COMING SOON! Members' specialist nurseries
Plant Heritage's membership ranges from the keen amateur to the professional nurseryman or nurserywoman. On our Nurseries page you will find details of specialist nurseries run by our members. If you're not a member but would like your nursery listed - join up and we will include you!