An exhibit by the NCCPG Gloucestershire Group at the Chelsea Flower Show featured plants whose 'birthplace' or springboard into cultivation had Gloucestershire associations. Garden plants don't just happen; they are usually the work of a keen hybridiser or a selection made by an eagle-eyed garden owner or nurseryman. Others are newly introduced from the wild. The lists that follow are based on those created by John & Daphne Chappell of Cinderdine Cottage, Dymock near Newent, Gloucestershire. The Severnside Cottage Garden Society is now helping to propagate many of these plants to keep them in circulation. Note that a few of the plants listed are for the conservatory rather than the garden.

Abies balsamea * Collected by John Banister, Tigworth

Abutilon ochsenii Collected by E B Anderson, Lower Slaughter

Acer negundo * Collected by John Banister, Tigworth

Aconitum vulparia 'Hidcote Form' Introduced by Hidcote Garden

Actinidia deliciosa *

Actinidia polygama * Collected by Henry Ellacombe, Bitton

Ageratum conyzoides Collected by Mary Somerset, Duchess of Beaufort

Albuca humilis * Collected by Helen Milford, Chedworth

Allium cernuum 'Hidcote' * Introduced by Hidcote Garden

Allium macranthum * Collected by Henry Elwes, Colesbourne

Alpinia elwesii Collected by Henry Elwes, Colesbourne

Alstroemeria pygmaea Collected by E B Anderson, Lower Slaughter

Alstroemeria ligtu hybrids * Introduced by Joe Elliott, Broadwell

Androcymbium gramineum * Collected by Helen Milford, Chedworth

Androcymbium melanthoides Collected by Helen Milford, Chedworth

Antirrhinum majus subsp. linkianum * Introduced by Joan Wilder, The Old Manor, Twyning

Aquilegia flabellata f.alba * Collected by Henry Ellacombe, Bitton

Arabis cypria Pink form Introduced by Joan Wilder, The Old Manor, Twyning

Aralia spinosa * Collected by John Banister, Tigworth

Arenaria norvegica subsp. anglica * Introduced by Joan Wilder, The Old Manor, Twyning

Arenaria purpurascens * Collected by Joe Elliott, Broadwell

Arisaema griffithii * Collected by Henry Elwes, Colesbourne

Arisaema nepenthoides * Collected by Henry Elwes, Colesbourne

Arisaema utile * Collected by Henry Elwes, Colesbourne
(now A. verrucosum var. utile)

Artemisia lactiflora *

Aster diplostephioides * Collected by Henry Elwes, Colesbourne

Aubreita 'Bunsall' Introduced by George Osmond, Wickwar

Baccharis halimifolia * Collected by John Banister, Tigworth

Beaufortia sparsa *

Belamcanda chinensis 'Pumila Campbellii' * Introduced by Joan Wilder, The Old Manor, Twyning

Berberis virescens Collected by Henry Elwes, Colesbourne

Bigelovia graveolens Collected by Henry Ellacombe, Bitton

Buddleja lindleyana 'Lochinch' * Introduced by E.B. Anderson, Lower Slaughter

Bongardia chrysogonum * Collected by Henry Elwes, Colesbourne

Bupleurum fruticosum Variegated form Introduced by Keith Steadman, Wickwar

Caiophora coronata * Collected by Henry Elwes, Colesbourne

Calandrina umbellata amarantha * Introduced by Joan Wilder, The Old Manor, Twyning

Calluna vulgaris 'Bunsall' * Introduced by George Osmond, Wickwar

Calluna vulgaris 'Wickwar Flame' * Introduced by George Osmond, Wickwar

Campanula arvatica 'Alba' * Introduced by Joe Elliott, Broadwell

Campanula aff. cashmeriana Introduced by Joan Wilder, The Old Manor, Twyning

Campanula 'Covadonga' * Introduced by Joe Elliott, Broadwell

Campanula glomerata 'Joan Elliott' Introduced by Joe Elliott, Broadwell

Campanula 'Joe Elliott' * Introduced by Joe Elliott, Broadwell

Campanula latiloba 'Hidcote Amethyst' * Introduced by Hidcote Garden

Campanula 'Marion Fisher' * Introduced by John Anton-Smith, Burnside, Prestbury

Campanula persicifolia 'Tinpenny Blue' Introduced by Elaine Horton

Canarina canariensis Introduced by Joan Wilder, The Old Manor, Twyning

Cassiope 'Medusa' * Introduced by E B Anderson, Lower Slaughter

Ceanothus 'Italian Skies' * Introduced by E B Anderson, Lower Slaughter

Centaurea ragusina Collected by Mary Somerset, Duchess of Beaufort

Cereus amcamensis Collected by Henry Elwes, Colesbourne

Chamaecytissus pygmaeus * Introduced by Joan Wilder, The Old Manor, Twyning

Chionodoxa luciliae * Collected by Henry Elwes, Colesbourne

Clarkia concinna * Introduced by Joan Wilder, The Old Manor, Twyning

Clematis addisonii * Introduced by Joan Wilder, The Old Manor, Twyning

Chloraea crispa Collected by Henry Elwes, Colesbourne

Chloraea virescens Collected by Henry Elwes, Colesbourne

Clematis 'Hidcote Purple' * Introduced by Hidcote Garden

Coelogyne mooreana 'Westonbirt' * Introduced by Sir G Holford, Westonbirt

Comptonia asplenifolia Collected by Mary Somerset, Duchess of Beaufort

Coriaria japonica * Collected by Henry Ellacombe, Bitton

Coriaria terminalis Collected by Henry Ellacombe, Bitton

Cornus alba 'Westonbirt' * Introduced by Sir G. Holford, Westonbirt
(now C. alba 'Sibirica')

Cornus amomum * Collected by John Banister, Tigworth

Corokia terminalis Collected by Henry Ellacombe, Bitton

Crassula milfordiae * Collected by Helen Milford, Chedworth

Crataegus pedicellata * Collected by John Banister, Tigworth

Crepis pygmaea foliis 'Purpurea' Introduced by Joe Elliott, Broadwell

Crocus boryi Collected by Henry Elwes, Colesbourne

Crocus crewei Collected by Henry Elwes, Colesbourne

Crocus fleischeri * Collected by Henry Elwes, Colesbourne

Crocus sativus 'Elwesii' Collected by Henry Elwes, Colesbourne

Crocus speciosus 'Aitchisonii' * Collected by Henry Elwes, Colesbourne

Cyclamen hederifolium 'Silver Cloud' *

Cyclamen atkinsii Collected by James Atkins, Painswick

Cymbidium alexanderi 'Westonbirt' Introduced by Sir G Holford, Westonbirt

Cymbidium holfordianum Collected by Sir G Holford, Westonbirt

Cynoglossum zeylanicum * Introduced by Joan Wilder, The Old Manor, Twyning

Cypripedium guttatum * Collected by Henry Elwes, Colesbourne