ENSURING THE FUTURE OF OUR PLANTS

Hannon othonna@gmail.com
Tue, 14 Jan 2014 20:04:05 PST
As Jane indicates, there is no greater guarantee of a collection's
continuance in a botanic garden versus another private collector. I have
long argued that the natural vagaries of private collections are no more
menacing than those of public gardens. New curators will have new
priorities, as they should, and smaller plants (like bulbs) are especially
impermanent features. What a person does with their more valuable plants
over a period of decades is of far greater importance than what ultimately
becomes of the collection. Propagation and careful distribution pay better
dividends than any planned transfer.

Dylan Hannon



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