Australian Plants Society (Victoria)

Promoting the Appreciation and Preservation of Australian Plants


The Australian Plants Society (Victoria) is dedicated to promoting, growing and the conservation of Australian native plants, in gardens, community areas and their original environments.
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Bookings open on 15th February 2024 (early bird booking closes 30th June 2024)

From the APS Vic Facebook page

EREMOPHILA HEAVENLast week I visited the garden of John and Corinne Upsher near the river in Maribyrnong just west of Melbourne. Most of their garden was submerged under a metre or more of floodwaters for three days in October 2022 but it is amazing how many Eremophila have survived and now thrive again. John has several dozen different species and varieties of this hardy plant and even in early March many were in flower. I love the fact that even when the beautiful flowers finish and the corolla tubes drop off, the remaining calyx can still hold interest and colour, often in contrast to textured foliage. John is also a keen member of the Eremophila study group and each year he grafts a number of plants for sale at the annual APS Keilor Plains plant auction – worth checking out here – www.apskeilorplains.org.au/ (It’s on Friday 5th April at 745pm in Airport West. )If you are interested in joining the Eremophila Study Group or just cruising through past newsletters – see here anpsa.org.au/study_group/eremophila-study-group/(You need to be an Australian Plants Society member to join a Study Group) A couple of non Eremophila crept in! Eremophila Growers See MoreSee Less
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As we hope for rain the planting season approaches! Many Australian Plants Society district groups hold wildflower shows and plant and book sales in the next few months. Members propagate special plants and some of our best native nurseries bring discount plants. We kick off with APS Mornington Peninsula. Why not drive to the wonderful peninsula, walk around the bush at The Briars and buy a few bargain Australian Plants? See MoreSee Less
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Some lovely habitat plants from APS BallaratIf you are thinking about adding some local plants to encourage more wildlife, here are a few suggestions. They provide good habitat for native bees, butterflies and other insects.Xerochrysum viscosum Sticky Everlasting,Chrysocephalum apiculatum Common Everlasting, Podolepis sp. Basalt Podolepis, Goodenia ovata Hop Goodenia, Eryngium ovinum Blue Devil and Pelargonium australe Austral Stork’s-bill. See MoreSee Less
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Some recent images from one of the courses run by Julie Weatherhead at Peppermint Ridge Farm, North Tynong. Sour Dough with embedded native mint – Prostanthera incisa. A most enjoyable morning. We left with a dough to prove and bake and a starter culture to continue making loaves with. Julie is one of the speakers at ANPSA 2024 and will talk about the uses of many of our native plants in cooking and teas. See the coming issue of Australian Plants for articles on her and other speakers. See MoreSee Less
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The scale of ongoing clearing of bushland in Queensland – mostly for beef farming at very low stocking rates – is an international tragedy. Please consider adding your voice to campaigns to stop it.A new report shows that over 2 million hectares of forests and bushlands have been deforested in Queensland alone between 2016 and 2021. The majority of the bulldozing is to make way for beef pasture. Hannah Schuch, Queensland Campaigns Manager, says the destruction is pushing iconic native species like the koala and the greater glider towards extinction.Australia remains a global deforestation hotspot. Thankfully, this crisis is attracting international scrutiny, pushing corporations to finally stop buying and selling products that come from deforestation. The EU, with its world first anti-deforestation law, will stop importing products that are bad for the world’s forests —like beef produced on deforested koala habitat in Australia.Corporations that source and sell beef, timber, pulp and paper and aluminium cannot ignore the crisis: they must take action on deforestation. Many industries in Australia have the potential to go deforestation-free.You can read the article here: www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/mar/06/queensland-land-clearing-deforestation-data-analysis See MoreSee Less
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