Plants at Linnaeus’ Hammarby

A plant of Golden Garlic, Allium moly, full of yellow bloom, in a flowerbed in front of a stone wall. Around it are other plants, among them a yellow iris. A few slate signs, with the scientific names following Linnaeus’ system, are stuck in the soil. Foto Jesper Kårehed, Uppsala University.

Our plants

Linnaeus's plants

Peloria

Plant database

All plants at Linnaeus’ Hammarby were either grown by Linnaeus or popular in gardens in the 18th century.

Outside the mainbuilding at Hammarby we have reconstructed Linnaeus’ plantings using his plant lists. About 40 species of plants also remain from Linnaeus’ time in the 18th century and constitute a valuable biological heritage.

Visit Linnaeus' Hammarby

The museum area with park, garden and buildings is open May-September.

Living collections

Search our living collections to find out which plants we grow in the Botanical Garden and the Linnaeus Garden.

Linnaeus' plants at Hammarby

The red infructescence with a few black fruits of Dwarf Elder, Sambucus ebulus in the Uppland Garden with the main house out of focus in the background.

Some 40 species planted by Linnaeus still thrive at Linnaeus' Hammarby. Texts in Swedish.

A monstrous toadflax

Flowers of Peloria, a mutated common toadflax, Linaria vulgaris.

When Carl Linnaeus discovered Peloria he concluded that new species can arise in nature.

Apples and pears

A close up of the blooming 'Linneus' Apple'.

Linnaeus' Apple is one of thirty cultivars of fruit at Hammarby.

Last modified: 2021-01-22