Plant Collections Project

Purpose of Plant Collections

HSA recognizes that living herb plants are the very reason for our existence and therefore encourages the cultivation and preservation of the living germplasm of herbs. The national collections of herbs serve a role in:

Education  through exposing our members and the general public to a wide variety of herbs.
Research  by making the collections available for study.
Exchange  by sharing a limited number of cuttings, seeds, or plants of otherwise unavailable herbs through The Herb Society of America Seed Exchange and commercial sources.
Conservation  by encouraging the cultivation, reintroduction, and preservation of uncommon herbs for posterity and by serving as a repository for authentically labeled taxa.
 

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HSA Plant Collections 2016
(Please contact HSA Headquarters or the Plant Collections Chairman for contact information for the individual collections.)

Citrus
  • Dr. Arlene Kestner (Member at Large) Baton Rouge, LA
  • Billi Parus (Member at Large) Virginia Beach, VA

Lavandula
  • Pioneer Unit—Round Top, TX
  • Billi Parus (Member at Large ) Virginia Beach, VA
  • Rosenelle Florencechild (Member at Large) Ashland, OR
  • National Herb Garden (USNA) Washington, DC

Mentha
  • Billi Parus (Member at Large) Virginia Beach, VA
  • Pioneer Unit ---Round Top, TX

Olea
  • Pioneer Unit ---Round Top, TX

Origanum
  • Pioneer Unit—Round Top, TX
  • Billi Parus (Member at Large) Virginia Beach, VA
  • Barbara Varland (Member at Large) Cincinnati, OH

Pelargonium
  • Caroline Amidon/Joyce Brobst (Philadelphia Unit/PA Heartland Unit)
  • Pioneer Unit—Round Top, TX
  • Billi Parus (Member at Large) Virginia Beach, VA
  • National Herb Garden (USNA) Washington, DC

Rosa
  • Western Reserve Unit—Cleveland Botanic Garden, Cleveland, OH
  • Billi Parus (Member at Large) Virginia Beach, VA

Rosmarinus
  • Pioneer Unit—Round Top, TX
  • Billi Parus (Member at Large) Virginia Beach, VA
  • National Herb Garden (USNA) Washington, DC

Salvia
  • Cris Adams (Member at Large) Heathcote Botanic Garden, FL
  • Pioneer Unit—Round Top, TX
  • Billi Parus (Member at Large) Virginia Beach, VA
  • National Herb Garden (USNA) Washington, DC
  • Anne Barnes (New Orleans Unit) New Orleans, LA
  • Sara Holland (Pioneer Unit) Austin, TX
  • New Orleans Unit—New Orleans Botanical Garden, New Orleans, LA
  • Anne Abbott (New Orleans Unit) New Orleans, LA

Thymus
  • Beverly McGuire (Member at Large) Cincinnati, OH
  • Billi Parus (Member at Large) Virginia Beach, VA

Viola
  • Rita Sillivan-Smith (Member at Large) Bethlehem, PA

Themed Collections

Native plants
  • Katherine Schlosser (North Carolina Unit) Greensboro, NC