We are surveying until 2011

POM's nation wide survey for cultuvated biodiversity proceeds until the year 2011. The task is to find, collect and conserve unique plants of interest that can be of value for Sweden in the future. The high diversity of garden plants continues to be the main focus, but we are also searching after park and landscape plants. The survey work is organised in "Calls for plants". Currently there are seven different national crop inventories in process:

• The call for bulbs and corms
• The call for fruits and berries
• The call for perennials
• The call for trees and bushes
• The call for asparagus plants
• The call for roses
• The call for indoor plants

An inventory of historic vegetable and flower seed was also carried out during 2002-2003.

POM not only intends to save the plants for the future but also the history and knowledge surrounding them. Perhaps you have a decorative plant or a fruit tree in cultivation or another old plant that has been saved for its special properties? Contact CBM or write to one of the calls for plants!