Collections

The botanic garden contributes to plant conservation. The ex situ collection of about 10 000 taxa offers a safe haven to many threatened plant species such as Ceratozamia robusta, Dracaena umbraculifera andHyophorbe verschaffeltii. They are marked with a special label.

The greenhouses are a safe haven for tropical and subtropical plant groups. There are three large public greenhouses and more than 20 smaller ones which are dedicated to specialised collections. The latter are not open to the public. 
Hardy plants are grown in one of the many open air collections. They are either arranged along thematic lines (rock garden, Mediterranean garden) or according to their phylogenetic relationships (systematic collections).

• Living collections
• Herbarium
• Seed collection

You can access our living plant collections on plantcol.