Botanic Gardens Trust, Sydney, Australia

How is the seed used?

Seed collections entering the NSW Seedbank are collected from accurately recorded wild source locations, and are germination tested before storage.  Seed is used for a number of purposes including:

  • Ex situ collections held as an ‘insurance policy’ against extinction for threatened species, and where appropriate used for re-establishment in the wild
  • Research experiments
  • Routine viability testing to check if viability is being maintained over time
  • To provide living plants for display at the Australian Botanic Garden and other Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust sites
  • Revegetation and expansion of natural areas at the Australian Botanic Garden
  • Community revegetation projects and contract growing of local species

Seeds are made available for non-commercial scientific research and community revegetation projects, please contact the Manager – Natural Heritage, Australian Botanic Garden, Mount Annan for further details.

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Boronia-anemonifolia

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