Development of the seed nursery in the Polar-Alpine Botanical Garden-Institute

The PABGI seed nursery includes by 177 species and taxa of the intraspecific rank of perennial herbaceous plants from 27 families. About half of the species are in the landscape design assortment for the cities of the Kola Peninsula; 6 new species have been proposed as new and perspective for landscape design (Acomastylis rossii (R.Br.) Greene, Erigeron peregrinus (Banks ex Pursh) Greene, Incarvillea mairei (H.Lev.) Grierson, Lysimachia vulgaris L., Oreogeum montanum (L.) E.I.Golubk., Scilla bifolia L.) 3 groups of fruit-bearing species are distinguished: annually producing mature seeds, 90 %; not annually, 8 %; not producing seeds, 2 %