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National Collections
Ryan Lloyd
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Hi all,
Recently I've started thinking about starting a national collection of Echinacea. a absolutely love them and they have so many plus points!
I wanted some advise really as to how:
1) You go about starting a collection
2) What different cultivwoul species it would have to include
3) If I could do it in my back gardens?
Thanks in advance, Ryan
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*cultivars/ species
http://www.nccpg.com/National-Collections.aspx
Plant Heritage is the organisation you need to contact Ryan
In the sticks near Peterborough
verdun i bought two tomato soup for my hot bed from tatton show, do you think it was cold or wet or both that caused them to wither away i also have flame thrower have you got that and has it survived.
should i take them in to the greenhouse
thank you in advance Ann
Nut - Thankyou, just had a look and it does seem a bit confusing, it doesn't actually tell you how to set one up, or Atleast I didn't acknowledge it :P
Verdun - I chose echinacea because I grow: Purpurea (Magnus and white swan) and echinacea augustifolia - Then there's the amount it helps bees and butterflies, they always look great and they're vibrant and I think my nans garden is the perfect spot to grow them, it's in full sun, free draining soil and is sheltered from wind etc
Don't want to discourage Ryan, but there already seems to be a National Collection of echinaceas. Why do you not visit it and pick the brains of the man that has it?
There's a lot of work and organisation involved in an NC. More than growing a lot of them.
In the sticks near Peterborough
thanks verdun the plants were good big ones and have been in the garden since july so iwill hope they come through the winter