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title: Cultivated plants
url: "https://www.roggen-seigle.ch/en/botanic-reserve/cultivated-plants/"
date: 2022-02-15
modified: 2022-02-15
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# Cultivated plants

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3. Cultivated plants

  Cultivated plants in the botanical garden
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 In addition to rye, which in Valais accounted for the largest quantity of human-cultivated plants, wheat and barley were also commonly grown where possible. All these varieties, and many more, can be viewed in the Sortengarten.

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   ![](https://www.roggen-seigle.ch/fileadmin/_processed_/d/4/csm_Roggenko__rner_fu__r_Aussaat_c9f8e96f12.jpg) Order seeds from our webshop
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Old varieties of can be ordered online such as Vicia faba (horse or field beans), soup beans (Phaseolus vulgaris), a local millet (Panicoideae) and buckwheat (the source of polenta nera). All in portion size for planting on 1-2 m2. We are at your disposal for advice. If you would like larger quantities, please contact us.

[Click here to go to the webshop](https://www.sortengarten.ch/shop/)

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 Contact and information
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Use our contact form, email or telephone.
 <sortengarten@erschmatt.ch>
 [027 932 15 19](tel:+41279321519)