National Plant Collections in Cheshire

Plant Heritage aims to conserve the diversity of our garden plants It is the only national charity to ensure the cultivated plants we grow now will be available to future generations for cultural, medical, culinary and aesthetic use. They do this through the National Plant Collection scheme, their Plant Guardians and Local Group Network.

Alnus - Alder

Ness Botanic Gardens

Location: University of Liverpool Neston Rd, Little Neston, Ness CH64 4AY

Betula - Birch

Ness Botanic Gardens

Location: University of Liverpool Neston Rd, Little Neston, Ness CH64 4AY

Copiapoa - Cactus family

North of England Zoological Society

Location: Chester Zoo Upton-by Chester Chester CH2 1EU

Cydonia - Quince

Norton Priory Museum and Gardens

Location: Tudor Road, Manor Park, Runcorn Cheshire WA7 1SX

Fraxinus - Ash

Tatton Garden Society

Location: Swettenham Lane, Swettenham Village, Near Congleton, Cheshire CW12 2LF

Geranium sylvaticum & renardii forms, cvs. & hybrids

Susan Clarke

Location: Wrens Nest, Wrenbury Heath Road Wrenbury, Nantwich Cheshire, CW5 8EQ

Heucherea

Mrs & Mr Fox

Location: Plantagogo, Jubilee Cottage Nursery Snape Lane, Engelsea Brook Crewe, Cheshire, CW2 5QN

Hosta (tetraploid varieties)

Mr T Saville

Location: 4 Turves Road, Cheadle Hulme Cheadle, Cheshire, SK8 6AY

Malus (ornamental) - Crab Apple

Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre

Location: The University of Manchester Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK11 9DL

Matucana - Cactus family

North of England Zoological Society

Location: Chester Zoo Upton-by Chester Chester CH2 1EU

Nepenthes - Pitcher Plant

North of England Zoological Society

Location: Chester Zoo Upton-by Chester Chester CH2 1EU

Pinus Spp. - Pine

Tatton Garden Society

Location: Swettenham Lane, Swettenham Village, Near Congleton, Cheshire CW12 2LF

Pleurothallidinae spp. - Orchid family

North of England Zoological Society

Location: Chester Zoo Upton-by Chester Chester CH2 1EU

Sorbus - Whitebeam, rowan, Service Tree and Mountain Ash

Ness Botanic Gardens

Location: University of Liverpool Neston Rd, Little Neston, Ness CH64 4AY

Tiarella - Foam Flower

Mrs & Mr Fox

Location: Plantagogo, Jubilee Cottage Nursery Snape Lane, Engelsea Brook Crewe, Cheshire, CW2 5QN

Turninicarpus - Cactus family

North of England Zoological Society

Location: Chester Zoo Upton-by Chester Chester CH2 1EU

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Mrs & Mr Fox

Location: Plantagogo, Jubilee Cottage Nursery Snape Lane, Engelsea Brook Crewe, Cheshire, CW2 5QN