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Plant Profile
Sphaerolobium acanthos – an amazing Grampians endemic Neil Marriott Sphaerolobium acanthos, commonly known as Grampians Globe-pea, is a very rare and localised pea plant confined to a few small areas in the Serra Range and the Mt William Range in the central Grampians. It is listed as Critically Endangered under the Federal EPBC Act, and…
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Book Review
Grafting GrevilleasBy Maria HitchcockPublished by ANPSA Grafting Study Group, 202532 pages, colour illustrations and line drawingsMembers’ price $10 plus postage Grafting EremophilasBy Maria Hitchcock and Lyndal ThorburnPublished by ANPSA Grafting Study Group and Eremophila Study Group, 202532 pages, colour illustrations and line drawingsMembers’ price $10 plus postage Grafting of plants has been used for many…
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Book Review
by Stephen D HopperPublished by Reaktion Books, 2025255 pages, colour photographs, hardcoverMember’s price $30 plus postage This is not a field guide. For eucalypt identification; Dean Nicolle has you covered. Instead, Stephen Hopper’s Eucalyptus is an exploration of the cultural, social and scientific significance of the eucalypt trees that define Australia. First Nations perspective Eucalypts…
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Plant Profile
Grevillea aquifolium ‘Serra Road Prostrate’ neil marriott Grevillea aquifolium is mainly found in the Grampians, although not endemic. But, confined to a small area on the sides of Serra Road in the Victoria Valley is this beautiful prostrate form, which is found nowhere else, and so this form is endemic to the Grampians (Gariwerd) National…
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President’s Report, June 2026
Robyn Tyson Since my last report, I have visited five District Groups and presented my talk on Flora of the Mornington Peninsula. Thank you to those groups for your welcome and hospitality; so great to catch up with people and make new friends. I have come home from these with plants, cuttings and new knowledge.…
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How a leafy species’ name can tell us more about a plant
Janet Hodgkiss Species names need not be confusing, and once you become familiar with the botanical Latin and Greek terms, you’ll often notice that they are quite descriptive. Two acacia species, Acacia aphylla and Acacia trigonophylla, at a quick glance look very similar, but their species names tell us a lot about the plant itself,…
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Steps to renewing a section of garden
Chris Larkin I am regularly renewing sections of my garden. Whether the cause is the death or decline of plants, the destructive forces of nature, or a desire to change the existing space, renewing sections of the garden is a necessary, important, ongoing, interesting and challenging part of gardening. The decisions I make along the…
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Promoting the Appreciation and Preservation of Australian Plants
