Docks & Sorrels
(Rumex spp)
Welcome to the web site for the prospective UK National Collection of Rumex. Regrettably
the collection was not in a suitable condition to be put forward to the National Council
for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens (NCCPG) for national collection status last year.
Although this is the long-term objective, it is unlikely to happen in the near future. There
have been further vine weevil problems, and the weather has also taken its toll.
As a site standard, links to sub and parent pages are at the bottom of each page.
Please scroll to the bottom of this page for links to NCCPG information sub-pages.
The site is slowly being populated with photographs of species in-vivo in the rumectorum.
For details of the site photographic policy, including requests, please use the link at the
bottom of the page.
Please note that this is not an official NCCPG web site - there is an official site, see the
link below. Although it contains information of use to those interested in the organisation,
it should not be relied upon as it might not be up to date. Please report any mistakes found
by e-mail (see bottom of page).
I would like to include links and contact addresses to National Collection authorities outside
the UK. Please e-mail if you can supply any details - thanks.
This is the current list of plants cultivated in the rumectorum:
The following annuals are currently held only as seed until a suitable sowing time:
Requests for material from scientific and educational establishments will be sympathetically received, but some material is in short supply and some is subject to the Convention on Biological Diversity and cannot be released without the written permission of its supplier.
Material most wanted for the collection:
Rumex acetosa ssp hibernicus - botanical
Rumex acetosa ssp vinealis female form - horticultural
Rumex acetosa 'Profusion' - horticultural
Rumex albescens/giganteus/skottsbergii - botanical
Rumex alpestris - botanical
Rumex frutescens - botanical
Rumex hastatus - botanical
Rumex obtusifolius ssp agrestis - botanical
Rumex obtusifolius ssp scandens - botanical
Rumex obtusifolius ssp transiens - botanical
Rumex x akeroydii - special interest
The privacy of individuals who have contributed to the collection will be respected despite
the gratitude I owe them. However here are the names of organisations which have helped,
together with links to their web sites.
Thanks to my employers, Loud-n-Clear.com for e-mail and PC facilities: web site
Thanks to Geocities Inc for lending this web space: web site
Thanks to The South London Botanical Institute
alternatives: web site
Cotswold Garden Flowers: web site
Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh: web site
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: web site
B & T World Seeds: web site
British Columbia Ministry of Agriculture and Food: web site
Devonian Botanic Garden, University of Alberta: web site
Dungeness RSPB Nature Reserve: web site
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen: web site
Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Science: web site
Kirk's Greengrocers and Fruiterers, Gordon Road, High Wycombe, Bucks
La Palma Seed Exchange: web site
NCCPG-on-the-Internet: web site
Oglebay & Associates
Reykjavic Botanic Garden: web site
Royal Horticultural Society: web site
The Seed Guild/Compass seeds: web site
Silverhill Seeds: web site
Universidade de Coimbra: web site
University of Reading: web site
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Site Navigation
Summary of NCCPG collections: sub-page
Other national collection organisations: sub-page
Rumex vernacular names: sub-page
Rumex freaks: sub-page
Rumex humour: sub-page
Site photographic policy: sub-page
Site seed policy: sub-page
Site change control: sub-page
The National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens: official web site
The Berks, Bucks and Oxon Group of the NCCPG: official web site
E-mail Nigel h7n@hotmail.com
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