In collectionLiving heritage
Plants with a story attached.
To recognise her remarkable legacy, the Plant Heritage Essex Group are searching for plants that were named after Ellen Willmott, with the aim of locating them at Warley Place for visitors to see. Members of Plant Heritage Essex are also growing such plants to help ensure they continue.
The collection focuses on plants named after Ellen Willmott, Miss Willmott or Warley Place. Some remain familiar; others are uncommon, uncertain or at risk of disappearing from cultivation.
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Plants currently in the collection.
The following plants are already part of the collection, mainly located at Warley Place (indicated with a WP), although some are being held back until they are at a suitable stage for planting.
In collection
In collectionAethionema armenum Warley hybrid
Rock Cress · Warley Rose
In collectionPotentilla nepalensis ‘Miss Willmott’
Cinquefoil
In collectionRosa ‘Ellen Willmott’
In collectionScabiosa caucasia ‘Miss Willmott’
In collectionSyringa vulgaris ‘Miss Ellen Willmott’
In collectionLathyrus odoratus
In collectionEryngium giganteum
Miss Willmott’s Ghost
In collectionEpimedium Warleyense
Alpine Barrenwort
How the collection works
Find. Verify. Grow. Share.
A useful heritage collection needs more than pretty photographs. Each plant can eventually carry provenance, source, accession information, current status and propagation notes.
Record provenance
Where did the plant come from, and how confident are we in its identity?
Build resilience
Growing material in more than one place reduces the risk of losing rare cultivars.
Have one of these?
Your garden could contain a missing link.
If you grow a plant with Willmott, Miss Willmott, willmottiae, willmottianum, warleyensis or Warley in its name, get in touch with a photo and whatever provenance you have.