[John]

I saw a friend of mine on Saturday who looks after a National Collection under a scheme set up by Plant Heritage (the National Council for the conservation of Plants & Gardens). He is planning a new collection of Vincetoxicum which is a genus of the Mediterranean and similar climates. I thought that it wouldn't do any harm to ask if it is possible for anyone to collect a small amount of seed, enough to grow a few specimens and send them to me. I would very much like information with these of the location even if it is "just south of Barcelona" though longitude and latitude would be best.
here's a picture of V. nigrum (not a great picture) taken on our trip to Catalonia last May. It was near Romanya de la Selva where we where taken by Chris Whitty.
Thanks

[Alisdair]

(But don't send the seeds to Australia or to the US, where these Europeans are considered invasive weeds )

[John]

Alisdair is my request acceptable on the forum? I suppose I would have found out anyway with the moderators on patrol.

[Alisdair]

Yes of course it's acceptable! This is just the sort of thing that the notice-board is for. Thanks for putting this on, and I hope it yields some results for your friend's collection.