A HORTICULTURAL conservation charity is calling for volunteers from Dorset to help save ten different plant groups at risk of being lost from our gardens. Anyone with a passion for plants, or whose interest in gardening or caring for houseplants was sparked during the national lockdowns, is being asked to consider looking after a specific plant group as part of Plant Heritage s annual Missing Genera campaign. The campaign showcases different plant groups that are not cared for as part of a National Plant Collection . If plants aren’t being actively conserved in these collections, they are at risk of disappearing from cultivation.
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A GARDENING charity is calling for volunteers in Dorset to help save 10 different plant groups at risk of being lost. As part of Plant Heritage’s annual ‘Missing Genera’ campaign, the horticultural charity is urging anyone with a passion for plants, or whose interest in gardening or caring for houseplants was sparked during the lockdowns, to consider looking after a specific plant group. The charity says that if these plants are not being actively conserved then they are at risk of disappearing from cultivation. Since the campaign began in 2016, the campaign has resulted in eight new National Plant Collections conserving more than 650 species and cultivars, including Alcea (Hollyhocks) and Aeonium, and there are many more in the process of building up their collection.