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Native Plantsfor New South WalesNative Plantsfor New South Wales

Journal of the Australian Plants Society NSW Ltd Vol 49 No 4 October 2014

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Native Plants for N

SWPublished quarterly in January, April, July and O

ctober by the Australian Plants Society NSW

Ltd AC

N 002 680 408

Editor:

David C

rawford

Proof R

eading: Rhonda D

aniels

Jan Douglas

Layout: Lachlan M

cLaine The Journal is a forum

for the exchange of view

s of mem

bers and others and their experiences of propagating, conserving and gardening w

ith Australian plants.

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armly w

elcomed. They

may be em

ailed, typed or hand written and

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ings. If handw

ritten, please print botanical names and

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ber 2014.

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pril 2015 issue is 1 M

arch 2015.

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Front cover: Banksia

aem

ula or W

allum Banksia.

Photo taken by Sarah Cains of Southern H

ighlands G

roup.B

ack cover: Shady Lady Waratah. Photo taken by

Sarah Cains of Southern H

ighlands Group.

See page 40 for more inform

ation.

ContentsIntroduction ......................................3John W

alter Wrigley.........................4

AP

S G

et-together report ..................7N

ov. gathering – Haw

kesbury ........10Life M

embership and

Conservation Aw

ards ......................11H

ake

a b

ake

rian

a ...........................12C

oates Wildlife Tours .....................16

Rham

naceae .................................17Vice P

residents’ report...................22G

rowth and P

romotion...................23

AP

S O

ut & about ...........................24

New

Conservation O

fficer..............26Inveraw

e Gardens .........................27

March gathering – N

orth Shore .....27

Vale Beryl P

ayne ...........................28D

istrict Group directory ..................29

Mem

bership form...........................30

District G

roup directory continued ..32S

eed Bank update .........................33

Gift M

embership rew

ard ................34G

ift Mem

bership form ....................35

Sylvan G

rove Gardens ..................36

Vale Norm

an Keith M

cCarthy ........37

Website update ..............................39

New

mem

bers ...............................41D

irect Deposit P

ayments ...............42

Erem

ophilas in containers .............43S

tudy Groups notes .......................47

2015 AN

PS

A Conference ..............50

Study G

roups directory ..................51D

istrict Groups diary ......................53

Mem

bership discounts...................58A

PS

NS

W contacts,com

mittees

and services ..................................59

IntroductionDavid Craw

ford, Editor Native Plants for NSW

The cover images com

e from Sarah C

ains, a mem

ber of the Southern H

ighlands Group. As alw

ays, I am keen

to receive more im

ages and articles from m

embers.

In this

issue w

e rem

ember

three significant

contributors to AP

S and the A

ustralian flora. The name John W

rigley is know

n to almost all A

PS

mem

bers and to many m

ore in the wider ‘plant

comm

unity’. John’s sudden death came as quite a shock (p 4).

Elsie B

artlett reports on the 2014 AP

S N

SW

Get-together held on the

Central C

oast in August (p 7). The w

eather was not kind to organisers

or attendees. It is clear that many participated and w

ith gusto and that the organisation w

as quick to adapt. The next AP

S N

SW

event will be

the Novem

ber gathering in the Haw

kesbury area (p 10). We also have

early advice of the subsequent gathering in early March hosted by

North S

hore Group (p 27) and the 2015 A

NP

SA B

iennial Conference to

be held conveniently for us in Canberra (p 50).

The Board has resolved the position of S

ecretary by dividing the role betw

een several Board m

embers. H

owever, as a voluntary society w

e are alw

ays looking for willing and enthusiastic helpers to contribute to

the running of the society. If you would like to help, contact the office,

your delegate or a Board m

ember. G

ood news, w

e are not looking for a new

Seed B

ank Co-ordinator, John R

andall is keen to continue but he w

ould like to see more activity w

ith the seed bank (p 33). Also the

position of Conservation O

fficer has been filled (p 26).

Nom

inations are sought for Life Mem

bership and the Conservation

Award (p 11). G

roups and mem

bers have several months to consider

and nom

inate w

orthy applicants.

More

good new

s, m

embership

numbers have started to clim

b! A lot of good work has been done to

bring this about. The Grow

th and Prom

otion Com

mittee is suggesting

gift mem

berships, especially at Christm

as, with the added incentive of

a $10 Bunnings G

ift Card for the first 50 (p 34).

Out and A

bout (p 24) features the newly re-activated Illaw

arra Group.

They had a day packed full of activities at the Illawarra G

revillea Park

at Bulli.

Plants? Yes w

e do have articles about plants! H

ake

a

ba

ke

rian

a, R

hamnaceae and erem

ophilas, so please read on. I hope you will find

much of interest.

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John Walter W

rigley AM 1934–2014

Merle Thom

pson, APS NSW M

embership Officer and Gw

yn Clarke, Secretary North Coast Group

The Society sadly records the death of John W

rigley, the first elected Life M

ember of our S

ociety. John was aw

arded this honour in 1967 for his com

mitm

ent both to the Society and to the study, cultivation and

promotion of A

ustralian flora.

It is fascinating that John, who perhaps is best-know

n for his work in

the establishment of the A

ustralian National B

otanic Gardens, as a

young child was in the sam

e class as Dr B

arbara Briggs, w

ho became a

botanist, Assistant D

irector of the Royal B

otanic Gardens, S

ydney and w

as involved in the establishment of the A

ustralian Botanic G

arden, Mt

Annan. B

arbara recalls, ‘I also remem

ber him from

being in the same

class in early primary school at R

oseville. I don’t remem

ber any of the other boys in the class, but John w

as mem

orable for often bringing little anim

als (beetles etc.) to school to show us —

a great interest in nature started young.’

John was at one tim

e national president and it is fitting to quote the tribute from

the current national president, Lawrie S

mith.

His w

ealth of knowledge of the A

ustralian flora will be sadly

missed, but fortunately m

uch of this will live on in the significant

botanical and horticultural texts he has written.

Thankyou John, we ow

e you a great debt and really appreciate all you have done to prom

ote the significance and value of the A

ustralian flora to the Australian com

munity and to the w

ider w

orld.

[The following tribute w

as written by G

wyn C

larke, who knew

John in Canberra

and then again when they both settled on the N

SW north coast.]

Many m

embers of the N

SW

region will know

of John Wrigley through

the book Australian N

ative Plants: C

ultivation, Use in Landscaping

and P

ropagation; w

ritten in

collaboration w

ith M

urray Fagg

the photographer and illustrator. John also played an im

portant role in the S

ociety for Grow

ing Australian P

lants, now the A

ustralian Plant S

ociety as a foundation m

ember in N

SW

and later a mem

ber in the AC

T, before returning to N

SW

in 1981.

John was born in S

ydney in 1934 and grew up in Lindfield on S

ydney’s N

orth Shore. B

oth his parents were keen gardeners and at Lindfield he

would have been surrounded by the flora he grew

to love. He w

as an

outstanding student and won a scholarship to S

ydney University w

here he studied chem

istry.

He first w

orked as an industrial chemist, quickly rising to becom

e a m

anager. In 1957 he married M

arcia Glasson, w

hich began a close and loving partnership. John alw

ays placed his family first and at the funeral

service his children spoke of him w

ith love and respect. It was obvious

they knew him

well.

Also in 1957 he becam

e a founding mem

ber of SG

AP (S

ociety for G

rowing A

ustralian Plants, now

known as the A

ustralian Plant S

ociety). D

uring this time he lived in G

ordon, not far from w

here he grew up. H

e helped set up a branch of the S

ociety on the North S

hore, and also helped set up the K

u-ring-gai Wildflow

er Garden w

hich is still operating today. A

s well as serving at the local and regional level he served at

federal level. In 1962 he was a delegate to The Federal C

onference held in C

anberra, which saw

the formation of the C

anberra Region.

Little did he know at that tim

e that in 1967 he would m

ove to Canberra

to become the C

urator of the Canberra B

otanic Gardens, now

The A

ustralian National B

otanic Gardens. I have heard John say w

hat a w

onderful opportunity it was to be able to earn his living w

orking with

the Australian flora; and that he ow

ed that opportunity to SG

AP.

While w

orking at the Gardens he still continued his association w

ith the S

ociety. In 1971 he was P

resident of the Federal Council. H

e played an im

portant part in setting up the guidelines for Study G

roup Leaders to use in assessing plant perform

ance in gardens. As an active m

ember of

the Canberra R

egion, he continued to write articles on the flora, speak

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at meetings and undertake field trips, encouraging and challenging

others to extend their knowledge of our flora.

At the G

ardens his major task w

as to have the Gardens ready to be

opened by the prime m

inister in 1970. That year he also landscaped the A

ustralian Pavilion at E

xpo 70 at Osaka in Japan. In the fifteen years

he spent in Canberra he undertook extensive field w

ork in addition to his w

ork at the gardens and his writing for scientific and horticultural

publications.

As author w

orking in collaboration with photographer and illustrator

Murray Fagg he published a series of books on the horticulture and

general botany of Australian flora. Their best know

n book, A

ustra

lian

Native P

lants: Cultivation, U

se in Landscaping and Propagation, w

as enthusiastically received. It w

as first published in 1978 and went

through six editions, the latest being published in 2013.

John retired to Coffs H

arbour in 1981, and undertook private horticultural consulting. It w

as at this time he w

as asked to design a new botanic

gardens for the town. I understand that these layout designs and basic

concepts are still in use in the gardens today. He has also designed a

number of other regional gardens.

In 1983 John was m

ade a mem

ber of the Order of A

ustralia for his work

on the cultivation and study of the Australian flora. H

e developed his own

garden at Korora w

here he established a plantation of native Australian

rainforest trees to supply foliage for export to Singapore for the cut

flower trade. John w

as among local plant grow

ers supplying Australian

native plants for the athletes’ bouquets at the Sydney O

lympic G

ames

in 2000.

John was instrum

ental in reviving the Coffs H

arbour Group of A

PS

and rem

ained an active mem

ber sharing his love of the Australian

flora in many w

ays, always w

illing to share his knowledge and answ

er questions, nor did he ever hesitate to encourage and challenge other m

embers in their w

ork with the flora. Local m

embers are proud to have

known him

and been able to call him their friend.

He is survived by his w

ife Marcia and his children R

oss, Jenny, Bruce

and Michelle, and 12 grandchildren. H

is son Craig predeceased him

.

John died on 17 July 2014, while on a short fam

ily holiday doing what

he enjoyed best; spending time w

ith Marcia w

alking in the bush. He

will be sorely m

issed by all who have know

n him and w

orked with him

. Thank you John.

Report on a recent activity

APS NSW

2014 Get-together –

Central CoastElsie Bartlett, Central Coast Group

The annual Get-together w

as hosted this year on the Central C

oast w

ith approximately 100 m

embers from

many different groups attending.

Activities began on Friday at lunchtim

e with Jonathan’s Tag-along Tour.

The tour gave mem

bers from other areas a chance to see som

e of the endem

ic plants of the Central C

oast growing in their natural

environment. The first stop w

as Som

ersby where G

revillea oldei grows,

then Mangrove M

ountain to locate Grevillea diffusa subsp. filipendula.

From there it w

as on to Mooney C

reek, one of only two areas w

here the vulnerable G

revillea shiressii exists, the other area being Mullet C

reek w

hich is not too far away.

Registration on S

aturday morning w

as at the Soldiers B

each Surf C

lub near N

orah Head – an excellent venue w

ith a balcony overlooking the beach and stunning view

s up and down the coast.

After the w

elcoming speeches and m

orning tea Angus S

tewart gave a

presentation on ‘New

Ornam

ental Natives’.

Tag-along tour group. Photo: Phillip Grim

m

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Then it was tim

e to browse the displays and the plant sales – alw

ays popular w

ith mem

bers.

After lunch it w

as a scramble to assem

ble at the departure points for the afternoon bushw

alks while at the sam

e time A

ngus Stew

art was doing

another presentation on Bush Foods.

Local guide, Jeannie Lawson led the W

alk and Talk tour at Norah H

ead and revealed the chequered history of the area, the early seafood industry, the outlaw

‘cedar gangs’ and the homestead of Edw

ard Hargraves w

ho w

as controversially credited with discovering gold in Australia.

Barbara and A

ndrew w

ere the leaders for the walk at Victoria S

treet in N

orah Head, helped by Liz, Veronica and N

eil. Som

e of the plants seen on that w

alk were C

hloanthes stoechadis, Astrolom

a pinifolium,

Baeckea ram

osissima, E

riostemon australasius, S

typhelia viridis and several A

cacia species.

The other walk w

as Crackneck at B

ateau Bay. This is about 17km

south of N

orah Head and Joan and Janet w

ere the leaders on this walk.

Lots of tiny terrestrial orchids were seen including A

cianthus species, P

terostylis nutans, and the donkey orchid Diuris praecox, as w

ell as m

any other local species.

Meanw

hile well-know

n local identity Nola P

arry from the W

ildflower

Place at E

rina Heights w

as waiting back at the S

urf Club for the returning

bushwalkers to begin her floral arrangem

ent demonstration.

It was a busy program

me w

ith lots of different activities to choose betw

een.

The Saturday evening dinner w

as held at the West G

osford RS

L. The num

erous raffle prizes were draw

n during the night. All w

ere donated by sponsors, a result of the w

heeling and dealing of some of the com

mittee

mem

bers.

It rained quite heavily over Saturday night, but not enough to dam

pen the enthusiasm

of the keen bushwalkers. U

nfortunately the Van Dahl

walk had to be cancelled due to w

et, slippery conditions but these w

alkers joined those on the Warrah Track. The rain eased off at the

beginning of the walk and then the conditions w

ere misty and a bit

ghostly before the clouds parted and the sun came out.

Meanw

hile back at Strickland Forest, K

aren, Richard and G

raeme had

arrived at the crack of dawn to reserve the picnic area under cover and

had the BB

Q fired up w

ith hot breakfast on the menu.

Angus Stew

art & N

ola Parry. Photo: Richard StreetD

iuris sp. Photo: Elsie Bartlett

Left: Saturday Night D

inner. Photo: Richard Street

Below: W

arrah Trig in the Rain. Photo: A

ndrew M

elville

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There was still an abundance of food for m

orning tea, as well as fruit

juices, muesli bars, trail bars and bottled w

ater not to mention tea and

coffee.

Following the B

BQ

lunch many joined A

lf, our Forestry guide, who led

walks around som

e of the Strickland trails.

Notice of a future activity

APS NSW

Hawkesbury gathering

1 Novem

ber 2014The A

PS

NS

W N

ovember G

athering is in the Haw

kesbury area at the W

indsor Uniting C

hurch Hall on the corner of M

acquarie and Fitzgerald S

ts (in the heart of historic Windsor). O

ur speakers, Jessica Mow

le and K

ath Gadd reflect the diversity of interests w

ithin the Society. Jessica

is a botanical ecology researcher at University of W

estern Sydney. H

er research concentrates on the potential translocation and regeneration of W

ollemi pines in the w

ild. The threat of disease is ever-present w

ith small populations, and the best m

ix of soil microbes is essential

to successful regeneration. Kath G

add is passionate about garden design w

ith native plants and has established a website and business

(malleedesign.com

.au) that derives from that passion. K

ath is also leading the relaunched A

PS

Illawarra group that began at a successful

gathering last February. The talks will be at 1 pm

.

The Blue M

ountains Group w

ill be providing logistical support for the event w

hich will be a launch platform

to re-activate the Haw

kesbury G

roup. Arthur R

utter (4577 3271) is co-ordinating the Group’s revival.

Anticipate excellent presentations, great plant sales, the opportunity to

catch up with A

PS

friends before the Christm

as season and enjoy that ‘gathering buzz’.

APS NSW

Life Mem

bership and Conservation Aw

ards 2015N

ominations are being sought for these tw

o awards.

Life Mem

bership is the highest accolade the Australian P

lants Society

NS

W can bestow

upon a mem

ber who has m

ade an outstanding contribution to the S

ociety, their Group and their com

munity. A

PS

NS

W

invites Groups to subm

it written nom

inations for Life Mem

bership. The B

oard must endorse all nom

inations prior to consideration by the A

nnual General M

eeting in May 2105.

No m

ore than two Life M

embers m

ay be appointed in each calendar year except w

here a nomination includes both a husband and w

ife

The information supporting the nom

ination for Life Mem

bership must

include the nominee’s nam

e, Group, length of m

embership of the

Society, any com

munity aw

ards and an outline of their contributions to prom

ote the aims and objectives of A

PS

NS

W.

The nomination m

ust be supported by at least two m

embers of the

Society, including the P

resident of a Group, and include the nam

es, addresses and contact details of the tw

o nominators.

Conservation A

ward – each year, A

PS

NS

W seeks to recognise the

significant contribution made by an individual m

ember or a D

istrict G

roup to the conservation of Australia’s native plants, in particular those

of NS

W. This m

ay include the conserving of a population, a species or a com

munity of plants.

The nom

ination m

ust include

appropriate supporting

information,

including any papers, articles, submissions or projects presented by

the nominee or G

roup.

The nomination m

ust include the names, addresses and contact details

of at least two nom

inators, with at least one of the nom

inators being a m

ember of A

PS

NS

W.

Nom

inations in both categories must be received at the Society’s

office no later than 18 March 2015.

Postal A

ddress: P

O B

ox 5026O

ld Toongabbie NS

W 2146

o

r

office@austplants.com

.au

For further information or any enquiries, please contact the office.

Andrew

, Barbara & Jane at Strickland Forest.

Photo: Phillip Grim

mRichard &

Graem

e Cooking BBQ. Photo: Elsie

Bartlett

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Native plant profile

The flowering of Hakea bakeriana –

enjoyment for half a lifetim

eHugh Stacy, East Hills Group

Despite being one of the finest w

ildflowers of eastern

Australia,

Ha

ke

a b

ake

rian

a still seems little-know

n and is uncom

mon in cultivation. N

eedlessly so, for it grow

s readily from seed or cuttings and has proven

to be long-lived. In 1975, I planted a seedling, (from

seed collected at Doyalson on the N

SW

Central

Coast); in sandy loam

60 cm deep over sandstone

chips providing good drainage. Photos show

several flow

erings of this plant at least 35 years later.

This hakea has outstanding features. Individual flowers are larger

than those of other hakeas and of many grevilleas; style and ovary

are 45 mm

long and perianths 12 mm

. Huge fruits sw

ell to 7cm long,

5 cm w

ide and 4 cm thick. N

ew leaves, fresh green needles 7 cm

long, ageing darker, pliable but pointed, enhance m

ultiple stems of the young

bushy shrub with a m

allee habit.

After about four years a few

flow

ers appear,

naturally low

dow

n on

older w

ood; observers at this stage m

ay feel

that foliage

obscures them

enough

to spoil

the show

. But w

ait! This is only a beginning,

merely

imm

ature flow

ering. Later

flowers

at these locations w

ill be better revealed as stem

s enlarging begin to lose leaves; a process w

hich quickens once the first fruit sets. Then these stem

s grow

taller with new

flowers

appearing annually higher up

on each stem, w

hile lower dow

n flowers recur in m

uch the same places

axially and new flow

ers develop nearby in different positions around the thickening stem

. Overall m

ore flowers are carried each year on stem

s grow

ing taller to a natural limit of 3 m

or so in cultivation and measuring

50-60 mm

in base diameter (see im

age 1).

Flowering occurs from

April to July in an interesting w

ay. The basic conflorescence norm

ally consists of six single flowers each on a pedicel

10 mm

long. All em

anate from separate points along and around a little

stalk, or rachis, which m

ay be 3-10 mm

long. These persist and from the

base of many, next season other conflorescences m

ay grow, w

ith rachis and buds initially enveloped by m

inute bracts which are soon shed (see

image 4a). First flow

ers on a stem are usually from

a single sessile rachis. A

fter flowers fall a new

little trunk begins to grow underneath it,

from the top of w

hich new rachises sprout som

ewhat laterally. Years

of flowering produce an integrated structure resem

bling a tiny tree perhaps 20 m

m high and w

ide made up of dozens of rachises. W

hen a num

ber of conflorescences develop together on one of these miniature

‘flower factories’, m

ultiple rachises appear to radiate nominally from

a com

mon centre, as do the styles, producing spherical clusters easily

11 cm in diam

eter – the one in image 2 contains over 170 flow

ers. Low

down on very old stem

s some trunks of these little trees becom

e sw

ollen humps (see im

age 3).

1. Rough fruits contrast with delicate fl

owers

on old stems. N

ote this photo was taken in

the shade.

2. A spherical cluster 11 cm

in diameter contains over 170 fl

owers. W

ill the bee (near centre) ‘surfi

ng the tepal sea touch stigmatic periscopes’ on leaving?

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As buds develop, individual flow

ers attract attention, green limbs on

pale perianths on red pedicels. Flowers higher on the plant show

perianth tubes changing from

pale green to pink, with bright green

limbs m

atching young green leaves, and tepals of pale cream inside

emphasising the rich pink styles (im

age 4).

Massed clusters in full sunlight are darkest pink (im

age 5), while

opening flowers (im

age 6) show shades of pink gradually deepening as

exposure to sunlight increases. The lowest flow

ers, only 15 cm above

ground, are nearly white.

All this happens in a seasonal cycle, expected and repeated as years go

by. Just as change drives interest in any garden, so the very regularity of repetition gives assurance and security to those w

ho spend leisure tim

e there. This plant brightens winter days as subtle pinks and greens

softly dress the old grey sombre fruits, those rugged investm

ents made

to protect the next generation.

The year-old seedling of 1975 is gone now after 40 years of living

for its progeny. Weakened by recent drought its m

assive lignotuber succum

bed to termites below

ground. It has given pleasure for half a lifetim

e, contributing its share of beauty to the world. B

ut our search

3. (Left): Low buds developing: green lim

bs on pale perianths on red pedicels; lim

bs sw

ell before tubes extend. Note hum

ps under clusters.

4. (Below left): H

igher clusters become

denser as stem grow

s: a smaller cluster

merges above. Back-light reveals past

flow

ers behind present ones, also trunks of fl

ower factories.

4a. (Below): Enlarged detail: 5 fl

owers (one

hidden); two confl

orescences as yet only buds w

ith bracts; several old spurs; on right one old rachis sits atop a trunk form

ing under it. N

ote 10 mm

diameter m

ain stem

is already leafless.

5. (Above): Flow

ers in the brightest light and exposed to sunlight for longer achieve the brightest colour.

6. (Left): Low fl

owers

opening a month after

the buds of image 3:

shades of pink deepen in higher clusters, but the low

est are nearly w

hite.

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for beauty is personal and lifelong. The British poet laureate R

obert B

ridges asserted...

Verily by Beauty it is that w

e come at W

isdom,

yet not by Reason at B

eauty.

He also observed, aptly for H

ake

a b

ake

rian

a,

Best is m

ature; tho’ Beauty is neither grow

th nor strength;for ugliness also grow

eth proudly and is strong.

The author acknowledges the follow

ing references in the preparation of this article. The final reference (W

eston) is particularly useful for those w

ishing to better understand the terminology specific to the flow

ers of proteaceous plants.A

.M. B

lombery &

B. M

aloney (1992) The Proteaceae of the S

ydney Region,

pp 124-5.A

.M. B

lombery (1968) A

ustralian Plants Vol. 5

, pp 352-4.G

. Butler (1977) P

ropagation of Hakea bakeriana, A

ustralian Plants Vol. 9

,

pp 167-8.I. H

olliday (2005) Ha

ke

as, pp 22-3.

P.H. W

eston (1988) Proteaceae, A

ustralian Plants Vol. 14

, pp 259-63.

Native plant profile

The difficult case of Rhamnaceae

John Knight continues his regular series, this time delving into

the difficulties of ‘pigeon-holing’ plants.

I have always been fascinated by the nam

es science applies to plants. W

hen honouring a person, it is interesting to delve into the history of

that person

to see

why

such an

honour should have been bestow

ed. The internet allows

such investigation

with

ease; previously

long hours w

ere spent at major libraries conducting

‘research’. But to m

e it is even more interesting w

hen scientists have used characters of a plant in nam

ing, as one can then see what the

scientist saw, and hopefully use this stored inform

ation to remem

ber the plant w

hen next coming across it. For exam

ple, whilst it is nice to know

that S

ir Joseph Banks w

as honoured with the nam

ing of Banksia, it is

much m

ore stimulating to find out that C

ryptandra, from G

reek kryptos, hidden, and andros, a m

an, has hidden its anthers within cupped petals.

This is tangible evidence that we can see w

hen taking a close look at the flow

ers with our 10x lens.

Rham

naceae In Australia, the fam

ily Rham

naceae includes about 200 recognised species in 21 genera. About 90%

of the species occur only in Australia. (Kellerm

an, 2004, Telopea 10(2): 515–524). Three of the best-know

n genera are Cryptandra, Stenanthem

um and Spyridium

.

The great botanist Robert B

rown is credited w

ith sorting through the difficult floral structure of the species of the confusing R

hamnaceae

family that w

ere collected in Australia in the early years of the

nineteenth century. He published his ‘G

eneral remarks, geographical

and systematical, on the botany of Terra A

ustralis’ (1814) as an appendix of M

atthew Flinders’ ‘A Voyage to Terra A

ustralis’. In this he gave a detailed definition of the Fam

ily Rham

naceae, describing all the im

portant features which placed the various plants w

ithin this group. H

is description was so accurately prescriptive that it is still valid today.

My aim

in this research was to verify the placem

ent of the ‘much

travelled’ Stenanthem

um scortechinii. O

ver the years it has been m

oved to Cryptandra, then again to S

tenanthemum

, and has finally arrived at its ‘correct hom

e’ as Spyridium

scortechinii (Thiele and West).

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Siegfried R

eisseck first described Stenanthem

um in 1858, separating

some species from

Cryptandra and S

pyridium. G

eorge Bentham

, (1863) noted that ‘m

ost of the genera, even the most natural ones, are

difficult to characterise. The differences in their flowers and fruits are

very trifling’, but he decided to maintain the genera as proposed by

Reisseck. B

ut Ferdinand von Mueller (1883) found the differences ‘so

trifling’ that he abandoned Stenanthem

um, S

pyridium and Trym

alium,

reducing them to synonym

y with C

ryptandra. In subsequent years various botanists tinkered w

ith the classifications, but no definitive grouping w

as determined.

Kevin

Thiele is

currently the

curator of

the W

estern A

ustralian H

erbarium. H

e is well recognised for his research into P

roteaceae. With

Pauline Ladiges, he produced a paper on the taxonom

ic arrangement

of Banksia based on cladistic analysis (see box). This resulted in

the proposal to transfer Dryandra into

Ba

nksia, a decision still hotly

debated. But K

evin is also charged with overseeing the treatm

ent of R

hamnaceae for the F

lora

of A

ustra

lia series, and for this work he has

produced a succinct set of key points to establish the correct placement

of Cryptandra, S

tenanthemum

and Spyridium

within the fam

ily.

Cladistics is an approach to biological classification in w

hich organism

s are grouped together based on whether or not they

have one or more shared unique characteristics that com

e from

the group’s last comm

on ancestor and are not present in more

distant ancestors. Therefore, mem

bers of the same group are

thought to share a comm

on history and are considered to be more

closely related.

For Cryptandra, a genus of about 40 species grow

ing naturally from

south-east Q

ueensland, across

southern A

ustralia to

south-west

Western A

ustralia, identifying features include:

• leaves that are revolute-terete w

ith stipules that surround the base of the leaf petiole,

• inflorescence of single flow

ers with im

bricate (overlapping) bracts around the base of the flow

er,

• a floral tube that m

ay be short or long, but is distinct, and at the base of the floral tube there is a pentagonal shaped disk covered w

ith short w

oolly hairs.

For Stenanthemum

, (from the G

reek stenos, meaning narrow

, and anthem

on, meaning flow

er, literally narrow-flow

ered), a genus of about

30 species, 23 of which occur only in south-w

est Western A

ustralia, identifying features include:

• leaves w

hich are usually broad and often folded, at least at the tip, w

ith stipules that are free or joined behind the petiole,

• inflorescence is a dense cauliflow

er-like head of small w

hite flowers

surrounded by small or large floral bracts,

• the floral tube m

ay be short or long, and at the base of the floral tube is a glabrous disk, shaped such that the stam

inal filaments appear

to join the disk on extended, albeit short, arms.

For Spyridium, (from

the Greek spyridion, m

eaning a little basket, referring to specialized leafy bracts that surround the flow

ers of many

species), a genus of about 40 species found through southern temperate

Australia, identifying features include:

• leaves w

hich are usually broad and rarely folded, with stipules that

are free or joined behind the petiole,

• inflorescence is a cauliflow

er shaped head similar to S

tenanthemum

but usually looser, and surrounded by large floral bracts,

• the floral tube is very sm

all, and at the base of the floral tube is a glabrous disk circular in outline but indented w

here the staminal

filaments join.

For each of these three genera, the fruiting structure is distinctly different, and consistent, and is another key to determ

ining where a

particular species sits. The differences might appear m

inor, but are consistent w

ithin the now accepted groupings, and im

portantly for us, are m

orphologically discernable. DN

A sequencing has confirmed the

placement of various species w

ithin the recomm

ended genera.

Maybe w

hen next confronted with an unpopular nam

e change, one should spare a thought for the intense and detailed studies undertaken by botanists before such apparently unnecessary changes are published.

Rhamnaceae for the garden

The tribe Pom

aderreae within the R

hamnaceae fam

ily contains many

desirable plants. Although not m

any are grown these days, early

catalogues list a range of Pom

aderris, Cryptandra and S

pyridium.

As changing w

eather patterns cause longer drier spells, perhaps the sm

aller plants of this group will again find favour as garden subjects.

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Plants to consider grow

ing include:

Cryptandra am

ara, Bitter C

ryptandra, growing naturally in open heathy

country through the eastern states, is a slow grow

ing dwarf or sm

all shrub to 0.5m

. It flowers from

autumn through spring, and is happy

in semi-shade or full sun. Like m

any in this group, C. am

ara tolerates dryness once established, and is a great filler in open rockeries.

Cryptandra ericoides, H

eathy Cryptandra, from

southern Queensland

to south of Sydney on rocky heaths, is sim

ilar, or smaller than C

. amara.

Flowers are borne through autum

n and winter. It prefers sun and good

drainage. This was once a popular garden plant.

Cryptandra propinqua, S

ilky Cryptandra, grow

ing naturally on drier heathy country from

Queensland through N

SW

, Vic and into South

Australia, is a com

pact, wiry, dw

arf shrub to 40cm w

hich flowers through

winter and spring. It is a drought tolerant, show

y, heavy flowerer, and is

a great infill for rockeries in sun or semi shade

Spyridium scortechinii has a num

ber of comm

on names including

Ball C

ryptandra, Corroboree Flow

er and Cotton B

ush, alluding to the very shaggy flow

er heads. It is found in SE

Queensland and eastern

NS

W, and m

ay be a prostrate or low m

ounding shrub. On the south

coast of NS

W, the best collection has been from

a roadside cutting at B

odalla, on the Potato P

oint Rd. This form

stays flat and spreads about 1m

. There are forms described as grow

ing to 2m high, but I

have rarely come across any taller than about 0.5m

. The plant is very accom

modating in the garden, easily m

aintained and long-flowering,

from autum

n to early summ

er. Once established, the plants happily

survive on little rain, and maintain a com

pact habit.

Spyridium cinereum

, Tiny Spyridium, is a com

pact dwarf shrub to 0.5m

,

with attractive grey foliage. It occurs in coastal heaths in the south east,

from N

adgee to Mallacoota, and also in the G

rampians. D

uring spring and sum

mer it is covered w

ith masses of w

hite flowers. In cultivation it

does best in semi-shade, and needs som

e water until w

ell-established.

Spyridium parvifolium

, called Dusty M

iller in reference to the roundish dull grey-green foliage, is possibly the m

ost widely grow

n of this group, especially the dw

arf prostrate forms from

East G

ippsland. This plant is found from

SE

NS

W, through Vic to S

E S

outh Australia and in Tasm

ania. It is generally a low

spreading plant, but some form

s from w

etter forests around M

elbourne can be up to 1.5m high. A

n interesting feature is the w

hitish floral bracts below the num

erous flower heads w

hich appear from

late winter to early sum

mer. This very adaptable plant m

akes a lovely backdrop for sm

aller plants, especially in semi shade, w

here its soft greyish foliage is seen at its best.

Rarely do w

e see these plants in nurseries today, so we m

ight need to grow

our own.

Propagation of C

ryptandra is a slow process, w

ith cuttings of firm new

grow

th often taking six months to root. G

enerally tip cuttings taken from

February to April w

ill be reliable. Flower buds should be rem

oved.

With S

pyridium, cuttings of just-firm

new grow

th, taken from N

ovember

to January do best, and, in my experience, grow

th from plants grow

ing in sem

i-shade has proved most successful.

References:

Brow

n, R. (1814) G

eneral remarks, geographical and system

atical, on the botany of Terra A

ustralis, pp533-612 in Matthew

Flinders, A voyage to Terra A

ustra

lis, Vol 2 B

entham, G

. and Mueller, F. (1863) Flora A

ustraliensis A description of plants of the A

ustralian territory, Vol 1, Rham

neae, pp409-445 Thiele, K

. and West, J. (2004) S

pyridium burragorang (R

hamnaceae), a

new species from

New

South W

ales, with new

combinations for S

pyridium

buxifolium a

nd

Spyridium

scortechinii, Telopea 10 (4), pp823-829E

lliot, R. and Jones, D

. Encyclopaedia of A

ustralian Plants suitable for

cultivation, Vols 3, 9.

Find APS NSW

on Facebook at

ww

w.facebook.com

/APSNSW

Cryptandra amara. Photo: K

TalianaSpyridium

scortechinii flow

ers in extreme

close-up.

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APS NSW

administration

Vice Presidents’ ReportM

ark Abell and Graeme Ingall, Vice Presidents of APS NSW

It is pleasing to report that our mem

bership has increased by 100 since this tim

e last year, which reflects ongoing efforts in several areas.

The Board has form

ally re-established Illawarra D

istrict Group, and is

working w

ith mem

bers who w

ould like to re-establish the Mid N

orth C

oast Group.

The annual Get-together hosted by C

entral Coast G

roup in August w

as a success, w

ith over 90 mem

bers attending and non-mem

bers paying extra. M

any of these non-mem

bers gained information from

our website

and the media, w

hich shows the benefits of advertising. H

opefully, non-m

embers w

ill become m

embers. In July, as part of the G

rowth and

Prom

otion Action P

lan, the Grow

th and Prom

otion Com

mittee led by

Rhonda D

aniels conducted a well-attended publicity w

orkshop which

outlined various methods of advertising and prom

oting the Australian

Plants S

ociety. Many groups are already using som

e of these methods,

and not all methods are appropriate for every group. For instance,

groups are having comm

unity events in spring: Northern B

eaches and N

orth Shore G

roups have had popular presentations of native flowers

and plant sales in their areas.

Since the last issue and B

oard meeting, there have been several

changes in the functioning of AP

S. W

ith the resignation of Graem

e Ingall as S

ecretary, the role has been split three ways on a trial

basis: John Aitken, refreshed from

his overseas holiday, will be our

Secretary for legal and com

pliance issues; Rhonda D

aniels will assist

Joanna Moggridge as S

ecretary – Correspondence, and the tw

o Vice P

residents, Mark A

bell and Graem

e Ingall, will assist w

ith compilation

of the minutes and the preparation of the agenda as S

ecretary – Board.

Dan C

larke has volunteered for the role of Conservation O

fficer, with

assistance from B

ob Ross and M

argery Street. In addition, to ensure

groups without a delegate to the B

oard are represented, Mary H

edges w

ill liaise

with

Macarthur,

Now

ra, S

outh E

ast R

egion, S

outhern H

ighlands and Southern Tablelands G

roups, and Jim W

ard will liaise

with A

rmidale, C

offs Harbour, H

unter Valley and Tamw

orth Groups.

These changes have resolved some of the vacant D

irectors’ positions and relieved the pressure of those volunteering services. If there is any m

ember w

ho is able to be Treasurer or Publicity O

fficer or volunteer in another capacity, please contact either Vice P

resident.

Sadly, w

e advise of the deaths of two very long-standing m

embers. John

Wrigley A

M passed aw

ay on 17 July 2014. John was directly involved

in development of botanic gardens, w

as author of many horticultural

books including Australian N

ative Plants now

in its sixth edition, and w

as granted Life Mem

bership of the Society in 1967. B

eryl Payne, w

ife of A

ustralian Plants editor B

ill Payne w

ho was granted Life M

embership

in 1972, died on 1 July. Our thoughts are w

ith their families.

Mem

bership

Grow

th and Promotion

It’s hard to believe that the summ

er holiday season is just around the corner. It’s also hard to believe that the G

rowth and P

romotion

Com

mittee has been hard at w

ork for nearly 12 months.

The good news is that there are early signs that som

e of the changes the APS N

SW Board has been m

aking, such as the quarterly meetings,

combined w

ith the work of the G

rowth and Prom

otion Com

mittee and

District G

roups, appear to be bearing fruit. For the first time in som

e years our m

embership num

bers have increased. In the year to June 2014 we

recorded nearly a 10% increase in m

emberships, from

1021 to 1120.

On 19 July 2014, R

honda Daniels assisted by C

omm

ittee mem

bers, led a very successful publicity w

orkshop supporting District G

roups to build their skills in prom

oting their activities and raising comm

unity aw

areness of AP

S N

SW

. Nine D

istrict Groups w

ere represented by the 17 m

embers w

ho attended. A report on the workshop outcom

es, along w

ith the presentation and other resources discussed on the day, can be found at the m

embers-only section of A

PS

NS

W w

ebsite ww

w.

austplants.com.au.

Thanks to Angus S

tewart for generously including inform

ation about the various A

ustralian Plant S

ocieties around Australia, including A

PS

N

SW

, on his website G

ard

en

ing

with

An

gu

s ww

w.gardeningw

ithangus.com

.au. There’s lots of information about A

ustralian plants here for everyone.

All m

embers have a role in ensuring A

PS

NS

W is strong and grow

ing. Look out for our special gift m

embership rew

ard on page 34.

To contact the Grow

th and Prom

otion Com

mittee please em

ail us at grow

thandpromotions@

austplants.com.au.

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APS activities in focus

APS Out and about

Kath Gadd, President of the newly reinvigorated Illaw

arra Group, tells us about a day of w

orkshops with Angus Stew

art on 26 July 2014

The new A

PS

Illawarra G

roup has had a busy year so far. We have

tried to hit the ground running with lots of outings to encourage new

m

embers and re-engage existing m

embers. O

ur biggest event, a day of w

orkshops with A

ngus Stew

art, was held in July at the Illaw

arra G

revillea Park. W

e have been lucky enough to be given access to the G

revillea Park several tim

es this year and we are hoping this w

onderful native garden w

ill become our sem

i-regular ‘home’.

Over 60 people attended each of our tw

o workshops and although the

weather w

as unpredictable we all enjoyed ourselves and learnt a great

deal. A special thanks to Angus S

tewart for w

earing his voice-box out for us – w

e really appreciate it, his workshops w

ere informative and

entertaining.

The morning began w

ith a workshop on native plant propagation.

Angus gave us an interesting talk on the different m

ethods used for propagating particular native species. H

e also showed us an easy w

ay of ‘sm

oking’ native seeds as an alternative to using smoke-w

ater or infused granules. A

ngus simply scattered som

e Actinotus helianthi

(Flannel Flower) seeds in a ceram

ic pot, covered them lightly w

ith seed raising m

ix and then built a small fire on top from

bark, twigs and a little

bit of newspaper. This w

as then lit and left to burn and smoulder for

about 5 minutes. The seeds w

ould then be lightly watered. S

moke can

provide a major boost to the germ

ination of many A

ustralian native plant

seeds. Som

e seeds actually require the sm

oke from bushfires to trigger

germination

when

the rains

arrive. W

e then all did some propagation

ourselves, taking home 3 or 4 pots of

cuttings with about 6 plants in each to

care for at home.

We

broke for

an hour

for lunch,

which w

as provided on site by Fred’s B

ushtucker – a delicious BB

Q and

salad that

was

wonderful

to enjoy

sitting in

the sun

in the

beautiful gardens.

The afternoon session was about pruning native plants and gave

everyone a chance to wander around the gardens and listen to A

ngus give helpful tips on how

to improve the flow

ering and form of the native

plants in our gardens.

The Illawarra G

roup aims to have a get-together every m

onth, which w

ill be an outing, bushw

alk or talk. If you are interested in getting involved, please register w

ith our Facebook page – AP

S Illaw

arra District G

roup for updates.

If you are interested in becoming an A

PS

Illawarra m

ember please

contact Kath G

add at kath@m

alleedesign.com.au

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New

Conservation O

fficer Dan Clarke, Conservation Officer, APS NSW

It is with m

uch pleasure and enthusiasm that

I have taken on the post of Conservation

Officer for APS N

SW. Before I tell you about

myself, I w

ould like to pay tribute to the efforts of m

y predecessor, Bob Ross from

South East R

egion. Bob was in this role for a little over tw

o years, strongly promoting

the conservation of native species in-the-field, and the objectives of organisations such as the Better Planning N

etwork. I w

ish Bob well in his

other future endeavours.

I have been a mem

ber of the Sutherland G

roup for about three and a half years, and C

onservation Officer of that group for about tw

o years. M

y professional background includes an extensive career in bushland regeneration, supervising a range of groups including contractors, B

ushcare volunteers, TAFE

students and transition-to-work participants.

I have a Bachelor of S

cience from the U

niversity of Sydney, m

ajoring in B

iological Science, w

ith first-class Honours in B

otany, and completed

a Plant S

cience Internship at the National H

erbarium of N

SW

(Royal

Botanic G

ardens, Sydney).

For the last three and a half years, I have been employed at an ecological

consultancy as a botanical consultant which includes surveying and

assessing vegetation as part of ecological sustainable development

applications. I also teach Conservation and Land M

anagement and

Horticulture at TA

FE N

SW

and coordinate a monthly B

ushcare session in the S

utherland Shire. M

y diverse employm

ent experience provides an excellent know

ledgebase for tackling conservation issues on behalf of A

PS

NS

W.

In broad terms, I am

deeply concerned with w

hat I perceive as increasing com

munity apathy tow

ards biodiversity conservation, and the opportunities that suburban dw

ellers, specifically city kids, have to experience and learn about nature and w

ilderness.

As C

onservation Officer, I aim

to promote the conservation of our native

flora, both at the species and ecosystem level. I have a keen interest

in the research and conservation of threatened flora species, and am

investigating AP

S N

SW

being a partner in the NS

W S

ave Our S

pecies Initiative. In addition, the current review

of biodiversity legislation in

NS

W is highly relevant for A

PS

. I can’t promise to chase up all issues,

but I aim to m

ake submissions on and report on issues that strongly

relate to the aims of A

PS

NS

W.

I am alw

ays happy to hear about matters of biodiversity conservation that

are important to m

embers and can also provide advice on biodiversity

legislation, so please feel free to contact me through office@

austplants.com

.au.

Future APS NSW

event

APS NSW

gathering – North Shore

7 March 2015

The first quarterly gathering in 2015 will be held on 7 M

arch. The AP

S

North S

hore group will be hosting. The gathering w

ill be at the Ku-ring-

gai Wildflow

er Garden on M

ona Vale Road at S

t Ives.

It is hoped that well-know

n garden personality Graham

Ross w

ill be the guest presenter on this occasion. G

raham has been a long-tim

e radio broadcaster (2G

B) and is also active w

ith Be

tter H

om

es a

nd

Ga

rde

ns

on television and in magazine form

ats.

Anticipate plant sales, garden w

alks and a great day out for all native plant enthusiasts.

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Vale Beryl PayneM

erle Thompson, APS NSW

Mem

bership Officer

It is not often that we pay tribute to

someone w

ho has not been a mem

ber of the S

ociety in her own right but in

Beryl’s case w

e cannot let her passing go w

ithout mention.

Beryl w

as the widow

of William

H. (B

ill) Payne w

ho was editor of the

Australian P

lants journal for over 40 years. Bill w

as awarded both the

AS

GA

P (now A

NP

SA

) Australian P

lants Medal (A

mateur C

ategory) and Life M

embership of the A

ustralian Plants S

ociety NS

W for his w

ork.

It is a cliché to say that behind every successful man is a capable

wom

an but in Beryl’s case this is true and the S

ociety benefitted greatly from

her assistance.

Bill w

as involved with the S

ociety from its inception and, as far as I

can ascertain, some very early m

eetings, particularly of the East H

ills G

roup, were held in B

ill and Beryl’s hom

e.

The more I deal w

ith what can be trials and tribulations in co-editing

Australian P

lants the more and m

ore I appreciate what B

ill achieved in doing this every three m

onths as a solo effort for 40 years. A truly rem

arkable feat! And he did not have the benefit of com

puters, word

processing and all the modern technology w

hich we can use.

When m

y sister, Lyn, and I were involved w

ith mailing the journals

and met obstacles in getting them

from the printer, it w

as Beryl’s calm

organisation w

hich could help overcome the problem

s. She w

as a settling influence w

hen relationships were strained betw

een Bill and the

AP

S B

oard, partly because others did not fully appreciate the demands

of his role.

Lyn and I spent five wonderful days w

ith Bill and Beryl on a Kangaroo Island post-ASG

AP conference tour in 1997 and thoroughly enjoyed their com

pany and appreciated the knowledge they both had of the flora.

When w

e were producing the 50

th Anniversary Issue of A

ustralian Plants

in 2010, I was in touch w

ith Beryl in order to w

rite a tribute to Bill. S

he m

ust have appreciated the letters I sent her as they were found w

ith her belongings in her nursing hom

e.

Thank you Beryl for being the support w

hich enabled Bill to achieve so

much for the S

ociety.

District G

roup directoryD

istrict Groups are located in m

any areas throughout New

South W

ales and range in size from

fewer than 20 to over 100 m

embers. G

roup m

embers are able to take part in m

any activities including bushwalks,

bush regeneration and conservation projects. Regular m

eetings enable m

embers to keep in touch w

ith people of similar interests and to hear

expert guest speakers. Contact the S

ecretary of a specific group for further inform

ation.

Arm

idale and District

President: B

arbara Nevin

( (02) 6775 2128

Em

ail: barbaranevin@hotm

ail.comSecretary: H

elen Schwarz

( (02) 6772 1584

PO Box 166, Arm

idale NSW

2350Em

ail: woshes@

bigpond.comM

eetings: Native P

lant Forum, TA

FE Library

Sem

inar Room

, Beardy S

treet, Arm

idale 3rd Tuesday of the m

onth at 7.30 pm (excluding

Decem

ber, January, June, July).

Blue M

ountainsP

resident: Dick Turner

( (02) 4839 5362

Secretary: A

lix Goodw

in ( (02) 4739 1571

PO

Box 23, G

lenbrook NS

W 2773

Website: w

ww

.apsbluemtnsgroup.org

Meetings: N

ative Plant R

eserve, Great

Western H

wy, G

lenbrook 1st Friday of the m

onth at 8 pm (S

ep-May) and

1st Sunday of the m

onth at 10 am (Jun-A

ug). N

o meeting w

hen there is an outing in the month.

Central C

oastP

resident: Richard S

treet ( 0414 762 324

Secretary: Liz H

oese ( (02) 4339 1274

Em

ail: elizabeth44@optusnet.com

.auM

eetings: Phillip H

ouse, 21 Old M

ount Penang

Road, K

ariongG

enerally 2nd Friday of the month (excl.

Jan, Dec) at 7.30 pm

but winter m

eetings on S

aturday afternoons. Check w

ebsite for details. W

ebsite: ww

w.australianplants.org

Central W

estP

resident: Gillian B

aldwin

( (02) 6332 1583

Secretary: Lyn B

urgett ( (02) 6331 9170

Em

ail: l.burgett@bth.catholic.edu.au

Meetings: B

imonthly at alternating centres.

Contact the secretary for details.

Coffs H

arbourP

resident: Dr M

Duggan

( (02) 6649 3202

Em

ail: morris@

guarana.orgS

ecretary: Gw

yn Clarke

( 0419 414 324

123 Sandstone D

r, Kungala N

SW

2460E

mail: gcl.38500@

bigpond.com

Meetings: C

offs Harbour B

otanic Gardens

Display R

oom norm

ally on the 2nd Wednesday

of alternate months at 7.30 pm

(excluding Jan).W

ebsite: ww

w.coffs.australianplants.info

East Hills

President: G

raham W

alters (

(02) 9534 3039S

ecretary: VacantM

eetings: Peakhurst S

outh Prim

ary School

Library, Monterra Ave, P

eakhurst.1st W

ednesday of each month at 7.30 pm

(excluding January).

Haw

kesburyC

ontact: Arthur R

utter (

(02) 4577 327199 The Terrace, W

indsor NS

W 2756

Em

ail: aande42@bigpond.com

.auM

eetings: This group has been inactive but is keen to restart and is having a re-launch at the A

PS

NS

W gathering in N

ovember

Hunter Valley

President: M

ichael Belcher (

(02) 4930 1458S

ecretary: Kevin M

antle (

(02) 4937 320029 W

allaroo Road, S

eaham N

SW

2324E

mail: M

antlejanet@yahoo.com

.auM

eetings: The Polish H

all, Cnr G

rant & O

ldR

ose Sts, M

aitland 3rd W

ednesday of the month (Feb-N

ov) at 7.45 pm.

Illawarra

President: Kath G

add (

0414 333 475Em

ail: kath@m

alleedesign.com.au

Keith Hunter

( 0481 599 008

Email: keithjohnhunter@

gmail.com

Facebook: type ‘APS Illaw

arra’ in the Facebook search bar.Activities: This group is aim

ing to have an activity each m

onth – check the Facebook page or contact the leaders.

Continued page 32

Beryl and Bill in their courting days.

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lants October 2014 —

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Mem

bership application and renewal form

Those mem

bers associated with a G

roup should renew directly w

ith their G

roup Office B

earer.

Please print clearly and include all person/s covered by this mem

bership.

Date:

________________ A

pplication R

enewal

Surnam

e/s: ___________________________________________

Given nam

e/s: ___________________________________________

Address:

___________________________________________

___________________________________________

___________________________________________

Postcode:

____________

If renewing, is this a change of address? Yes

No

If Yes, previous Postcode: _________________

Telephone (___)_______________ Business (___)_______________

Fax (___)_______________

Email _______________________________________________

Renew

ing mem

bers: We/I belong to a D

istrict Group Yes

No

Group N

ame: ___________________________

We/I belong to the follow

ing Study G

roup/s:

______________________________________

New

mem

bers:

Age: Under 16

17-21 22-39

40-59 60-79

80+

Interests/Skills:___________________________________________

_______________________________________________________

Are you able to volunteer assistance in the S

ociety’s activities in an

area convenient to you? Yes N

o

Gift m

embership: If you w

ish to give a subscription to a family

mem

ber or friend, use this form or w

rite out the full particulars. Include any personal card you w

ish to accompany the new

mem

ber’s pack.

Type of Mem

bership: (Please select)

Rates as at 1 January 2011 (A

ll prices are in AU

D and include G

ST)

Individual $50

C

oncession $42

Joint Mem

bers $58

Joint C

oncession $50

Other overseas

AU

$60

Note: Joint m

embership applies to tw

o persons at the same address.

Each receives a m

embership card.

A concession is available to Seniors, people on a lim

ited fixed incom

e and full-time students. This also applies to joint m

emberships

where one person is entitled to a concession.

Type of concession: ___________________________________

Donation to A

PS

NS

W

Am

ount: _____________________

Payment m

ethod (please 4 selected m

ethod)

Cheque

Money order

payable to Australian Plants Society

NS

W Ltd

Or charge m

y MasterC

ard

Visa Card

Card N

umber:

|__|__|__|__| |__|__|__|__| |__|__|__|__| |__|__|__|__|

Card holder’s nam

e:_______________________________________

Expiry date: ______ C

ard holder’s signature:____________________

CV

V/C

SC

: ______ (The last three digits printed on the signature panel on your card)

APS Mem

bership Card N

o:__________________(renewing m

embers)

POST TO

:A

ustralian Plants S

ociety NS

W Ltd

Mem

bership Officer

PO

Box 3066

BO

WE

NFE

LS N

SW

2790

OR

FAX TO

:M

embership O

fficer(02) 6351 2384

Please direct all mem

bership inquiries to:

Phone: (02) 6352 3805 E

mail: m

erleaps@bigpond.com

Receipts/statem

ents for tax purposes will be supplied only if a

stamped self-addressed D

L-size envelope is provided.

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lants October 2014

Native P

lants October 2014 —

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APS NSW

Seed Bank updateJohn Randall, Seed Bank Curator

Requests for seed can be sent by m

ail to:John R

andall 8 C

oachmans Place,

Mardi N

SW 2259

An updated seed list w

as published in the April 2014 issue of N

ative P

lants for NS

W. This list can also be found on the A

PS

NS

W w

ebsite w

ww

.austplants.com.au by selecting Seed B

ank in the Resources

pane on the Hom

e page, or it can be accessed directly by pasting the follow

ing address into your browser austplants.com

.au/seedbankThere is a lim

it of six seed packets per request. Inquiries can be made

to John at johnannette@dodo.com

.au or on (02) 4353 9390. Please

enclose a stamped ($1.40) self-addressed envelope (110 x 220 m

m) for

return of the seeds. Please address seed requests in alphabetical order

and include a list of alternative selections.S

eed donations are always w

elcome and are vital if the seed bank is to

remain viable. P

lease state the source of the seed, whether from

natural or cultivated m

aterial. Please do not send seed from

hybrid plants.

A

dditions: N

il

D

eletions: A

ngophora hispida, Brachychiton bidw

illii, Banksia

spinulosa, Hovea elliptica, Leptosperm

um liversidgei,

Acacia ashbyae, Libertia paniculata, P

ultenaea flexilis.

Donors:

N

one

APS N

SW is not looking for a new

seed bank curatorThe inform

ation in the previous Native P

lants was not correct.

John Randall does not w

ish to retire as curator. What he w

ould like is to see a m

ore active seed bank. That means m

ore donations, m

ore withdraw

als and hence a quicker turnover of seed. John does not profit from

this, indeed it is more w

ork for him. It is you

the mem

bers of AP

S N

SW

who stand to benefit. If you w

ant a seed bank then contribute to it, m

ake use of it and grow m

ore plants – try som

e species you haven’t grown before or grow

some

old favourites again.

Parramatta and The H

ills District

President: Tony M

axwell

( (02) 9651 6682

Secretary: vacant

Meetings: B

i-monthly m

eetings 2 pm on 4th

Saturday of Feb, A

pril, June, August, S

ept and N

ov at Gum

nut Hall, G

umnut P

lace, Cherrybrook

Website: w

ww

.apsparrahills.org.au

South East Region

President: John K

night ( 0434 674 347

Secretary: M

og Brem

ner ( 0401 968 899

Em

ail: mogbrem

ner@m

ogajon.com.au

Meetings: A

lternating locations, contact P

resident or Secretary. 1st S

aturday of odd num

bered months. Field trips and other

functions at other times.

Southern Highlands

President: W

endy Johnston ( (02) 4883 6376

Secretary: Jane P

ye ( (02) 4862 3750

Em

ail: iandjpye@gm

ail.comM

eetings: CW

A Room

, next to council building in E

lizabeth St, M

oss Vale. Bim

onthly at 2 pm on

the 1st Thursday of February, April, June, A

ugust and N

ovember.

Southern TablelandsP

resident: Bob G

alland ( 0407 248 154

Em

ail: rcgalland1@bigpond.com

Secretary: G

udrun Delbridge (

 0417 651 811E

mail: gudrun.delbridge@

gmail.com

Meetings: O

nly when essential – our group is

concentrating on walks and other activities.

SutherlandP

resident: vacantS

ecretary: Rhonda D

aniels ( (02) 9521 8381

Em

ail: rhdaniels@bigpond.com

Meetings: G

ymea C

omm

unity Centre, G

ymea

Bay R

d, Gym

ea. 3rd Wednesday of the m

onth at 8 pm

(February-Novem

ber).W

ebsite: ww

w.sutherland.austplants.com

.au/

Tamw

orthP

resident: Matt C

osgrove (

(02) 6765 2693E

mail: cosgrove72@

bigpond.comS

ecretary: Kerrie G

ray ( 0427 652 986

PO

Box 1193, Tam

worth N

SW

2340E

mail: dyso57@

bigpond.comM

eetings: Botanic G

arden Meeting R

oom.

10 am on 4th S

aturday Feb to Nov. O

utingsand field trips at other tim

es – contact theS

ecretary.

Macarthur

President: K

evin Matthew

s Secretary: R

od Bray (

(02) 4647 9928147 H

oldsworth D

rive, Mt A

nnan NS

W 2567

Em

ail: yarbdor@w

estnet.com.au

Meetings: Jack N

ash Club R

ooms, N

ash Place C

urrans Hill N

SW

2567. 3rd Wednesday of the

month at 7.30 pm

(Feb-Nov).

Menai

President: Jason Cockayne

( (02) 9570 8559

Secretary: Annette Tuckfield (

(02) 9543 1490E

mail: m

enaiwildflow

er@austplants.com

.auP

O B

ox 3104, Bangor N

SW

2234M

eetings: Illawong R

ural Fire Service.

2nd Wednesday of the m

onth at 7.30 pm

(excluding January).

New

castleP

resident: Leanne Pattinson

( (02) 4977 2773

Em

ail: president.aps.newcastle@

gmail.com

Secretary: M

aree McC

arthy (

(02) 4943 0305E

mail: secretary.aps.new

castle@gm

ail.comM

eetings: The Wetlands C

entre, Sandgate R

d, S

hortland 1st W

ednesday of the month at 7.30 pm

(excluding January).

Northern B

eachesP

resident: Conny H

arris (

(02) 9451 3231E

mail: conny.harris@

gmail.com

Joint Secretaries:

Jan Krone

( (02) 9938 3857

Julia Tomkinson

( (02) 9949 5179

PO

Box 393 D

ee Why N

SW

2099M

eetings: Stony R

ange Botanic G

arden, Dee

Why. 1st Thursday of the m

onth at 7.30 pm

(February-Novem

ber).

North Shore

President: Barry Lees (

(02) 9653 3691E

mail: barrylees99@

bigpond.com

Secretary: W

endy Grim

m

( (02) 9144 5600

PO

Box 344, S

t Ives NS

W 2075

Em

ail: secretary@blandfordia.org.au

Meetings: W

illow P

ark Com

munity C

entre, 25 E

dgeworth D

avid Ave, Hornsby.

2nd Friday of the month at 8 pm

(Feb-Nov).

Website: w

ww

.blandfordia.org.au

Now

raP

resident: Lesley McK

innon ( (02) 4443 4004

Secretary: G

wen S

mith

( (02) 4443 3497

PO

Box 140, S

anctuary Point N

SW

2540E

mail: rapidpulse@

bigpond.comM

eetings: Now

ra Town B

and Hall,

174 Kinghorne S

t, Now

ra. 2nd Thursday of the m

onth (Feb-Nov) at 7.30 pm

sharp.

District G

roup directory continued

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Mem

bership

Gift m

embership rew

ardJust in tim

e for Christm

as, AP

S N

SW

is offering a $10 Bunnings gift

card to the first 50 mem

bers who purchase a gift m

embership to A

PS

N

SW

for a family m

ember, friend or w

ork colleague. You can keep the gift card yourself or pass it on to your gift m

embership recipient.

The decision to offer a Bunnings voucher w

as made because B

unnings not only offers a large range of plants and garden supplies but has stores across N

SW

.

To participate, please complete the form

on page 35 and return it to A

PS

NS

W, P

O B

ox 5026, Old Toongabbie N

SW

2146 by no later than 31 D

ecember 2014. R

emem

ber only the first 50 mem

bers to purchase a gift m

embership w

ill receive a gift card.

There are of course some restrictions. B

oard mem

bers are excluded from

participating in this offer, as are key office bearers of District

Groups – P

residents, Vice Presidents, S

ecretaries, Treasurers and M

embership O

fficers. Sorry folks!

We encourage you to participate in this trial offer to show

your friends or fam

ily what A

PS

NS

W is all about. R

emem

ber we aim

to double our m

embership over the five years ending June 2019.

Gift m

embership form

for $10 Bunnings gift cardR

ecipient of APS gift m

embership

Nam

e (s) _____________________________________

Address

_____________________________________

_____________________________________

Em

ail (if known)

_____________________________________

Type of mem

bership (includes GST)

Individual $50 Individual – C

oncession $42

Joint $58

Joint – Concession

$50A concession is available to S

eniors, people on a limited fixed incom

e and full-tim

e students.

Purchaser of gift mem

bership

Nam

e _____________________________________

Address

_____________________________________

_____________________________________

Em

ail _____________________________________

Payment details

Cheque or m

oney order payable to Australian P

lants Society N

SW

Visa M

asterCard

Card num

ber _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _/ _ _ _ _/ _ _ _ _

Expiry date

_ _ / _ _

Cardholder’s nam

e ____________________________________

Cardholder’s signature _________________________________

Please post this form by 31 D

ecember 2014 to

AP

S N

SW

PO

Box 5026

Old Toongabbie N

SW

2146Inquiries office@

austplants.com.au or ph 9631 4085

Call for guest speakersD

istrict Groups are alw

ays seeking good quality guest speakers for their regular m

eetings. Over the years D

istrict Groups have

had many and varied guest speakers, including A

PS

mem

bers, and the S

ociety wants to develop a list of m

embers w

ho are w

illing to make presentations to other groups. If you have a

prepared presentation and are interested in presenting to other groups, could you advise the office (see C

ontacts page inside the back cover) of your contact details, preparedness to travel, your topic(s) and any specific presentation requirem

ents. This inform

ation will be placed in the m

embers’ section of the A

PS

N

SW

website as a resource for groups to access.

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lants October 2014 —

Page 37

Vale Norm

an Keith McCarthy

Paddy Lightfoot, Newcastle Group

Mem

bers of

the A

ustralian P

lants S

ociety N

SW

w

ere saddened

to learn

of N

orm

McC

arthy’s death at the age of 92.

Although N

orm spent his life in

Toowoom

ba, he was a m

ember

of the

Society

for G

rowing

Australian

Plants

NS

W.

He

was a Life M

ember of his local

Toowoom

ba Group of S

GA

P, serving for many years on their C

omm

ittee and as the G

roup’s Technical Officer.

Norm

worked for the Q

ueensland Departm

ent of Prim

ary Industry as a gardener at the W

heat Research Institute. H

e put the skills he developed in horticulture into grow

ing his own garden. H

is daughter Linda rem

embers that he w

as always interested in plants – m

ostly in w

hat he could grow in the ‘vegie patch’ as a youngster.

As soon as he w

as inoculated with the ‘A

ustralian plant disease’, Norm

transform

ed a one acre block of ornamentals in Toow

oomba into a

wonderful garden of A

ustralian native plants. He did allow

his wife W

in a sm

all garden of roses.

Norm

’s pride and joy was his elevated garden of grevilleas. H

e was a

mem

ber of the Grevillea S

tudy Group and com

municated m

any articles, w

ritten laboriously by hand to the leader, Peter O

lde. His m

ost recent article, w

ritten in 2009, featured the very popular Grevillea ‘P

eaches and C

ream’. In 1992 N

orm collected the holotype of G

revillea quadricauda in the H

elidon Hills district of Q

ueensland.

Merv H

odge recalls that when he visited N

orm’s garden there w

as an extensive display of grevilleas including m

any grafted specimens and

the best Grevillea scortechinii that M

erv had ever seen.

Norm

developed Callistem

on ‘Pink C

hampagne’ (next page) w

hich he presented for prom

otion and sale through the horticultural trade to Fairhill N

ursery in Queensland. A

ll mem

bers of Norm

’s family have this

bottlebrush growing in their gardens and a photo of the flow

er featured at his funeral on the cover of the service booklet.

6Novem

ber

Image from

Grevillea Study G

roup New

sletter 99

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Norm

alw

ays w

armly

welcom

ed visitors

and enthusiasts to his garden and

he corresponded

with

many

visitors for

years following their visit.

I w

as fortunate

to visit

the M

cCarthy

home

on several occasions.

At age 80 N

orm m

oved to a sm

aller garden and im

mediately

replaced all

the existing flora with his

beloved Australian plants.

Mem

bers of AP

S N

SW

will m

iss Norm

and we extend our sym

pathy to Linda and all the fam

ily. As w

e remem

ber Norm

we acknow

ledge the fine legacy he has left us all.

Norm

an Keith M

cCarthy w

as born 8 Novem

ber 1921 in Sydney and

passed away on 28 N

ovember 2013 in Toow

oomba. H

e qualified as a S

urgical Splint M

aker and Pathology Technician at the R

oyal Prince

Alfred H

ospital. In 1952 he moved to Q

ueensland. He w

as predeceased by his loved w

ife Win, in N

ovember 2012 and is survived by their five

children, nine grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. One of his

favourite grafted grevilleas was G

revillea ‘Molly’ w

hich reminded him

of his late granddaughter.

Norm

was a regular contributor of articles to N

ative Plants for N

SW

over m

any years – his contributions arrived unsolicited but greatly appreciated. B

rian Walters re-published several of his articles in

‘Australian P

lants online’ and they are still on the website:

‘Isopogon and Petrophile’: anpsa.org.au/A

PO

L2006/dec06-3.html

‘The Genus K

unzea’: anpsa.org.au/AP

OL2006/aug06-s3.htm

l‘P

rostanthera – The Mint B

ushes’: anpsa.org.au/AP

OL2007/apr07-1.htm

l‘C

orrea – Wild Fuchsia’: anpsa.org.au/A

PO

L24/dec01-6.html

‘Graptophyllum

ilicifolium’: anpsa.org.au/A

PO

L2008/jun08-s2.html

‘Beaufortias in Toow

oomba’: anpsa.org.au/A

PO

L2007/aug07-s3.html

Also, from

Australian P

lants, Sept 1988: ‘The A

daptable and Rew

arding C

rowea’: anpsa.org.au/A

PO

L18/jun00-5.html

APS NSW

Website update

Mark Abell, APS NSW

Vice President and Website M

anager

Previous articles have focused on how

to use the AP

S N

SW

website

ww

w.austplants.com

.au and how to access the w

ide range of mem

bers-only content on the w

ebsite. This article looks at some other aspects

of the website and w

hat AP

S N

SW

can do to help District G

roups in addition to hosting and running the A

PS

NS

W w

ebsite, Facebook page and YouTube channel. B

ut first, how can you help.

What can you do to help?

While w

e have many people helping out, w

e can always use m

ore help. H

ere are some of the possibilities.

• If you are com

fortable with Facebook or have lots of photos, w

e can alw

ays use some additional Facebook content creators and

moderators.

• If you have som

e videos that you can add to the AP

S YouTube

channel, Liz Aitken w

ould love to hear from you.

• If you have som

e articles to add to the website, w

e need some

website content creators to add to the over 150 articles already

provided by Warren S

heather and Jeff How

es.

• If you have any m

ore technical web skills, then I’d be happy for any

additional website help and assistance.

If you want to help or for m

ore information contact m

e on webm

aster@austplants.com

.au or office@austplants.com

.au

Using the A

PS NSW

Facebook page to promote group events

With over 700 ‘likers’, the A

PS

NS

W Facebook page reaches m

ore people than any of the group pages. If your group is having an event, the details can be posted onto the A

PS

NS

W Facebook page to reach

a wider audience. This is m

ost easily done if your group already has a Facebook page, as the group can create its ow

n post which can then be

‘shared’ on the NS

W page. Facebook provides lots of useful inform

ation about w

ho sees your posts and the demographics of your ‘likers’.

Accessing resource m

aterialIn the m

embers-only part of the w

ebsite there is a lot of useful resource m

aterial. We w

ant to expand what is available for the use of m

embers

and district groups. For instance, in the ‘Grow

th and Prom

otion’ area (in the ‘U

ser Menu’ – low

er left), there is a section on Logos and AP

S

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Branding that has copies of the A

PS

logo in a range of formats for use

by groups. There is a range of other promotional m

aterial in this area.

Hosting w

ebsitesThe A

PS

NS

W w

ebsite hosting plan has sufficient capacity to host w

ebsites for all of the district groups. This can be done in one of two

ways – through either a sub-dom

ain or a full-domain hosting.

Sub-dom

ains are the simplest and are for those groups w

ho do not already have a w

ebsite domain of their ow

n. Sutherland, E

ast Hills,

Menai and N

owra G

roups use this option.

Dom

ain hosting is what those groups w

ho are paying to have their w

ebsite hosted are using. Currently only A

rmidale G

roup (ww

w.aps-

armidale.org.au) is using the A

PS

NS

W w

eb hosting for their domain.

Those groups who already have a hosted dom

ain can opt to transfer their dom

ain hosting to the AP

S N

SW

web host.

Any group that w

ants to take up one of these options for web hosting

should contact me or the office.

Cover images

Banksia aem

ula (Wallum

Banksia) by S

arah Cains

This plant has been living happily in a wide, shallow

pot for 8 years on a north-facing terrace in M

ittagong. Here it is in flow

er and bud ready to feed passing visitors. P

hotographed in Novem

ber.

In the wild B

an

ksia a

em

ula is a bushy shrub or sm

all tree to 8 m. It grow

s in low

sclerophyll woodland and tall shrubland (w

allum) on consolidated sand

dunes and sandy flats which can be seasonally w

aterlogged. It is found in coastal areas north from

Sydney and into Q

ueensland.

Telopea speciosissima x oreades (Shady Lady W

aratah) by Sarah Cains

In our garden at Mittagong in the N

SW

Southern H

ighlands.

Telopea ‘Shady Lady’ is probably the m

ost comm

only grown w

aratah hybrid. It lacks the density of flow

ers that T. speciosissima has in the inflorescence

but is easier to maintain in cultivation than the natural species. It is a large,

bushy shrub reaching about 3 metres high. It requires sim

ilar growing

conditions to T. speciosissima.

[Thanks to Sarah w

ho responded to my requests for cover im

ages. More

good photos of wonderful A

ustralian plants and gardens are always

welcom

e – Ed.]

New

mem

bers October 2014

Merle Thom

pson, Mem

bership Officer

The Australian P

lants Society N

SW

warm

ly welcom

es the follow

ing 69 new m

embers (54 m

emberships) and

wishes each of you a long, rew

arding and enjoyable association w

ith the Society.

Cheryl B

awhey

Glenbrook

Ross B

embrick

ThirroulViolet B

lackstock G

lenbrookJennie B

reeze Jam

berooJulie B

riody N

orth Epping

Steve C

allaghan M

t Riverview

Joe Carter &

Anna H

ernell K

iama

Gerda C

ohen N

orth Turramurra

Ann M

arie Collaery

Bulli

Diane C

onnolly & D

aniel Udovicic

FaulconbridgeC

athryn Coutts &

Ow

en Conlan

Robertson

Mark D

a Silva

Bundeena

Sybille D

avidson B

awley P

ointG

enevieve Duggan

Bargo

Justin & K

erry Eckersley

Merim

bulaS

ally & R

obert Edw

ards K

undabungLorena &

Graham

Ethell

Sylvania

Lynette Fryer S

outh Granville

Wendy &

Jenny Gallagher

Engadine

Keith H

unter & R

achael Taylor B

ulliG

lenda Jones A

raluenK

irsty Kinch

Mt C

olahTerry K

ing C

offs Harbour

Catherine Lew

is B

owral

Maxine M

acKenzie

Kanw

alK

evin McM

ahon K

ootingalJanice M

artin C

atalinaA

ndrew M

iles Faulconbridge

Virginia Milson &

Geoffrey H

assall B

ronteJohn M

organ Telopea

Roslyn M

ort B

erowra H

eightsM

argaret Petrie

Kiam

aR

uth & B

ob Pulford

Batehaven

George P

und & A

llison Wyands

Bonnet B

ay

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Mary &

Wayne R

ead B

laxlandG

eoff Rice

Shell C

oveS

ally Rigden &

James Lee

Gordon

Jan & Jim

Riley

Illawong

Riverside N

ursery B

athurstB

ernard Stone

Glenhaven

Melissa Talbot

Penrose

Wendy Valentine

Meadow

FlatA

nthea Whitlam

& B

rendan Lauer S

pringwood

Ann W

oods Tea G

ardensK

ate Worth

West W

ollongongH

elen Yoxall S

pringwood

Oren Zeevi

Israel

We w

elcome back form

er mem

bers

Graem

e Davies

Menai

Bill de B

elin W

inston Hills

Geoff D

ensley K

yogleM

onique Payne

Eagle Vale

Laura Pellizzeri

Menai

Michele Veness

Mosm

anM

iss Polina Volkova

North P

arramatta

Direct D

eposit Payment O

ptionM

embers are rem

inded that mem

bership renewal paym

ents may be

made by direct deposit either at a bank or via the internet. D

irect deposit reduces the costs for A

PS

compared to paying by credit card. B

ank details for direct deposit are as follow

s:

Com

monw

ealth Bank of A

ustralia (CB

A)

Account N

ame:

Australian P

lants Society N

SW

LtdB

SB

:

062 217A

ccount No:

0090 7163

Please note that you must include your m

embership num

ber and surnam

e as a reference when paying by direct deposit. It is essential

that we can identify the depositor so w

e can record that you have paid. Your m

embership num

ber is the six-digit number w

hich can be found on your m

embership card and also above your nam

e on your journal m

ailing envelopes.

Grow

ing eremophilas in containers

Charles Farrugia, mem

ber of the Eremophila Study Group

For the last fourteen years my passion has been grow

ing eremophilas

and I have around 66 species in my garden in w

estern Sydney. W

ith no horticultural qualifications, all m

y knowledge about erem

ophilas has been gained from

reading the Erem

ophila Study G

roup newsletters,

attending meetings of the S

ydney Branch of the S

tudy Group and

learning from som

e founding mem

bers, Russell W

ait and Ken W

arnes on their visit to S

ydney a few years back. R

ussell and Ken have m

ore than 100 years of erem

ophila growing experience betw

een them.

Why do I grow

eremophilas?

When I bought m

y first eremophila there w

as very little knowledge in

the Sydney region about this genus, and only a handful of grow

ers. It w

as thought eremophilas w

ere too hard to grow and m

aintain in Sydney

because they couldn’t handle the wet and hum

id Sydney sum

mers. I do

not know w

hy, but to someone w

ith very limited gardening know

ledge, this becam

e a challenge.

Apart from

the occasional and initial purchase of tube stock species from

interstate native plant nurseries, my plants have been grow

n or grafted by m

embers of the S

ydney Branch of the E

remophila S

tudy G

roup or by myself from

cuttings kindly donated by Ken W

arnes.

My garden is far from

being a landscaped garden. I just look at it as an experim

ental eremophila garden. It doesn’t have to please anyone, just

give me m

ore knowledge about how

this genus reacts to the Sydney

environment.

I grow erem

ophilas in my garden

and in pots. I use pots to consolidate m

y collection and to allow m

e to grow

species that in the ground w

ould cover too large an area.

E. bignoniiflora x polyclada

and E. divaricata x polyclada ‘Sum

mertim

e Blue’, together in the sam

e container growing

beside the driveway.

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Some successful erem

ophilas in potsE

remophila bignoniiflora x polyclada is a large open shrub, grow

ing to 5m

x 4m. This has been grow

ing together with E

. divaricata x polyclada (S

umm

ertime B

lue) in a Styrofoam

box with drainage holes in the

bottom for the last eight years. B

oth plants are 1.2m x 0.8 m

and flower

every summ

er.

E. polyclada (3m

x 5m) is from

the late Noel G

ane’s garden. My tw

o potted plants w

ere 0.5m high and used to flow

er regularly, but have not responded favourably to som

e root pruning and re-potting from tw

o years ago.

E. sturtii (3m

x 2.5m), is grafted on m

yoporum rootstock and has been

in a pot for about five years. Each year it is covered w

ith small pink

flowers. It w

as pruned back for the first time last year to rem

ove some

dieback.

E. laanii (4m

x 3m) needs regular pruning, otherw

ise it will becom

e quite tangled.

E. decipiens subsp. linearifolia is a cutting from

a 20 year old plant at our local school. U

nfortunately, the parent shrub which w

as left to fend for itself throughout all those years, happily handling droughts and flooding rain, succum

bed to a recent school cleaning-up exercise.

Other species I am

growing in pots are E

remophila com

planata (graft-ed), E

. lucida, E. nivea, E

nivea x christophori (grafted), E. m

itchellii, E.

bo

wm

an

ii (grafted) and E. m

aculata.

Grow

ing eremophilas in pots

I grow m

y eremophilas in plastic pots, re-potting them

into larger pots as the plants get bigger. The potting m

edium I use is native potting m

ix, m

ixed with norm

al potting mix (2:1) (because I m

anaged to get some

damaged bags of potting m

ix for half price). I add a bit of dolomite,

potash and blood and bone to the mix. I use pebbles or gravel to m

ulch the surface. I do not believe erem

ophilas are particularly fussy about the m

edium they grow

in, as long as that medium

is not too heavy and is free draining. M

y experience is that although eremophilas w

ill respond to an occasional good drenching of the pot (not the foliage), they w

ill not tolerate water-logging. A

part from the initial feed they only

get fertilised on rare occasions and they are fed with w

hatever I am

using at the time – blood and bone, dynam

ic lifter or a liquid fertiliser. P

erhaps if I had a more system

atic feeding regime, I m

ight get even better results.

If purchasing eremophilas to grow

in pots, do not buy a well-established

plant – it is better to buy tube stock.

In our garden watering is done w

ith grey water from

the bathroom or

laundry. We use w

ashing powder that doesn’t contain phosphorous.

During w

inter the pots are watered once a w

eek and in summ

er every third or fourth day, but m

ore often if they look stressed on extremely hot

Eremophila bow

manii in a pot

Close-up of flow

er of E. bowm

anii. W

ikicomm

ons

Above: E. w

arnesii with fl

owers

Right: Eremophila w

arnesii which

was nam

ed in recognition of K

en Warnes w

ho founded the Erem

ophila Study Group.

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days. As the pots are on a concrete drivew

ay and next to a Colorbond

fence, on very hot days they are moved to the shady part of the drivew

ay for the duration of the hot spell. This is another advantage of having potted plants.

Hum

idity and eremophilas

The woolly-leaf species need to be kept in a sheltered location during w

et spells. I lost a three year old potted Erem

ophila mackinlayi w

hen it was

left out in the rain during a wet and hum

id summ

er spell. Two beautiful

woolly-leaf species that can be grow

n in a sheltered sunny location are E. fasciata and E. w

arnesii – just do not let the foliage get wet.

Ken W

arnes advises that the larger the container the better, and to keep them

in warm

, dry, sunny positions.

The Sydney B

ranch of the Erem

ophila Study G

roup has established that quite a few

Erem

ophila species can be grown in the S

ydney region. In m

y experience, humidity is not a deterrent to grow

ing eremophilas.

How

ever damp foliage on m

any eremophilas can be a killer, especially

the woolly-leaved species. They need to be sheltered from

rain as far as practicable. E

remophila in general seem

s to be a very resilient genus.

Study Groups notes

Rhonda Daniels, Study Group Liaison Officer

Thanks to Lesley and Neville P

age from A

NP

S

Canberra, the position of A

NP

SA S

tudy Group C

o-ordinator, advertised in the last issue, has been filled. B

ut if you still want to read all the study

group newsletters for free, consider the position of

NS

W S

tudy Group Liaison O

fficer. After 5 years

and many new

sletters, I’m looking to hand-on the role as I take on other

AP

S roles. It’s a great opportunity for som

eone in a regional area who

may not be able to attend m

eetings but wants to m

ake a contribution. If you are interested, please contact m

e on rhdaniels@bigpond.com

to find out w

hat is involved.

Acacia Study G

roup (June 2014, No. 125)

The NS

W O

ffice of Environm

ent and Heritage is seeking inform

ation about the threatened species A

cacia flocktoniae, the Flockton Wattle,

in order to develop a managem

ent program. The species is found only

in the southern Blue M

ountains at Mt Victoria, M

egalong Valley and Yerranderie.

The latest version of the WATTLE

identification key for Australian A

cacia species is now

available at ww

w.lucidcentral.org. W

ATTLE version 2.2

includes 1,274 taxa which is 109 m

ore than in the original version of W

ATTLE published in 2001.

Boronia and A

llied Genera Study G

roup (June 2014, No. 2)

The group is seeking feedback on growing and purchasing boronias,

and has had an inquiry from a conservation botanist at the R

oyal B

otanic Gardens on experience in the propagation of A

ste

rola

sia

, one of the sm

aller and less known but attractive genera allied w

ith Bo

ron

ia.

Study G

roup Leader Doug C

oates advises that boronias are prone to excessive root grow

th in pots. If nursery stock is held too long, the plant is likely to perform

poorly when transplanted so it is alw

ays wise to

check the root mass prior to purchase. The best tim

e to plant boronias (like m

ost other species) is autumn as less attention to soil m

oisture levels is required, w

hich is one of the important criteria for grow

ing boronias. This allow

s for roots to grow w

ell and spread before the plant endures its first sum

mer. This m

eans paying careful attention to soil m

oisture levels during the first summ

er, remem

bering not to over-water,

particularly in hot weather.

Close-up of Eremophila laanii fl

owers. Photo: Yallaroo.com

.au

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Hakea Study G

roup (June 2014, No. 55)

The Hakea S

tudy Group is one of those groups w

ith field trips, and is having a ‘hakea craw

l’ in Western A

ustralia in Septem

ber. It also has a seed bank, and the leader advises he still has seed available of m

any species.

There are reports from m

embers on their hakea successes and failures

in different environments. P

lease do not forget to look at your hakeas w

hen they are flowering to see w

hat is pollinating them.

Grevillea Study G

roup (July 2014, No. 98)

The Grevillea S

tudy Group is also active w

ith field trips and this newsletter

issue has a report on the 2013 field trip searching for Grevillea lanigera.

There is a field trip in the Sydney region on the O

ctober long weekend.

Dryandra Study G

roup (July 2014, No. 67)

Here’s a tip for opening dryandra seed capsules. G

etting seeds out of their capsules, especially the hard w

oody ones, can be difficult. Cutting

the top of the capsules is time consum

ing and heating them runs the

risk of cooking the seeds. Here is a good w

ay to do it: simply hold the

capsules by the pointed (seed) end, with tw

eezers or long-nosed pliers, in a candle flam

e for one to two seconds. U

sually, a small flam

e will

shoot out horizontally – often with an audible pop. The capsules w

ill split open at the top and the tw

o valves can be prised apart.

The issue notes many of the rare dryandras are sadly becom

ing even rarer, w

ith a feature on Dryandra m

ontana.

Garden D

esign Study Group (A

ugust 2014, No. 87)

This issue features another interesting article on garden design – Order

or

dis

ord

er? by D

iana Snape. S

ome of D

iana’s thoughts: Nature IS

ordered, according to its ow

n rules. A natural landscape is ordered – by evolution, heredity and environm

ental factors. Designing a naturalistic

or informal garden successfully is far m

ore difficult than designing a form

al one. There’s no easy formula for designing the layout of an

informal or naturalistic garden. A

ustralian plants really can help us ‘get it right’. They still have to obey nature’s rules to flourish, so, if w

e make

a practical mistake w

ith positioning our plants, they’ll correct it one way

or another. This helps give the garden a more natural ‘structure’.

The Canberra garden of the S

tudy Group Leader w

ill feature on one of five new

stamps to be issued by A

ustralia Post in S

eptember to

celebrate 25 years of Open G

ardens Australia. The stam

p features an im

age of rocks, winding path and shrubs taken by D

r Ben W

alcott (see opposite page, top).

Eucalyptus Study Group (A

pril and July 2014, No. 61 and 62)

This issue has a wide range of articles including tree grafting as a w

ay to bring koala habitat to urban areas, research that old trees w

ork faster at storing carbon, recipes for m

aking eucalyptus tea and cough lollies, and C

SIR

O research w

hich discovered gold particles in the leaves, tw

igs and bark of eucalyptus trees.

Australian Plants as B

onsai Study Group (June 2014, N

o. 26)A recent national exhibition show

ed that bonsai artists have moved

both in the direction of using Australian species w

ith traditional styling intentions and m

annerisms, as w

ell as branching out to embrace their

views of w

hat Australian trees look and feel like.

There is a report on being naturally inspired by looking at eucalypts as bonsai – inspired by unbelievable colour com

binations and textures in all parts of these great trees. The detail of how

the ‘line of trunk and branch’ m

ove through space is subtle but at the core of the eucalypt experience. There is no one ‘eucalypt’ pattern. A

t the other end of the size range, there’s also discussion of E

remophila m

aculata as bonsai.

Fern Study Group (A

ugust 2014, No. 131)

An article by Study Group Leader Peter Bostock on som

e shortcuts in the identification of ferns in Australia focuses on A

dia

ntu

m. H

e believes that it is better to find a single diagnostic feature, if one exists, to separate tw

o fern species that m

ight be superficially similar (to the less w

ell-trained eye) than to have to run through a long list of distinguishing features.

The Fern Study G

roup has monthly outings in the S

ydney region.

Brachychiton &

Allied G

enera Study Group (June–July 2014, N

o. 41)This new

sletter issue features lots of photos, and smaller form

s of brachychitons. The group w

ill be sharing information at the FJC

Rogers

seminar on Brachychiton and allied genera in Bendigo, Victoria in O

ctober.

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Waratah and Flannel Flow

er (August 2014, N

o. 7)M

embership is now

free for individuals and AP

S groups, as the

newsletters are em

ailed twice a year in M

ay and Novem

ber. Contact

Study G

roup Leader Maria H

itchcock at maria.hitchcock@

gmail.com

. Yes, it is that easy to get access to inform

ation on waratahs and flannel

flowers. This issue includes scale on w

aratahs and two less w

ell-known

Actinotus species – A

. minor and A

. forsythii.

2015 ANPSA Conference in Canberra

The program w

ill explore the genesis of the B

ush Capital

and its

development

as a

Garden C

ity. We w

ill also investigate current research on native plant system

s and habitat recovery. Featured speakers

include: D

avid H

eadon, David Lindenm

ayer, Ian Fraser, A

ngus Stew

art, P

enny O

lsen and

David

Watson. The program

will

emphasise the w

ork of Study G

roups with reports from

their leaders.

Sat 14 Nov: O

ptional (extra cost) trip to the Brindabella R

ange with Ian

Fraser

Sun 15 Nov: Free culture bus from

AIS

to Parliam

entary Triangle insti-tutions

Mon 16 – Fri 20 N

ov: Morning talks and lunch follow

ed by afternoon bus trips to the A

NB

G, N

ational Arboretum

, nature parks and private gardens.

Sat 21 Nov: O

ptional (extra cost) trip to the Brindabella R

ange with Ian

Fraser

Field trips: Pre-conference trip to the coast visiting nature reserves

and private gardens.

Post-conference trip to the subalpine areas of N

amadji N

ational Park

Expressions of interest: To receive updates please email your contact

information to conference2015@

anpsa.org.au or post to Conference

2015, P.O. B

ox 187, Deakin W

est, AC

T 2600

Study Groups directory

Fees are listed as Australia/Overseas/Em

ail

Acacia ($10/$20/$7)

Leader: Bill A

itchison13 C

onos Court

Donvale, V

IC 3111

( (03) 9872 3583

Email: acaciastudygroup@

gmail.com

Australian Plants as B

onsai ($14/$20/$14)Leader: R

oger Hnatiuk

PO

Box 450, Jam

ison Post O

fficeM

acquarie AC

T 2614(

(02) 6251 2228E

mail: rjhnatiuk@

yahoo.com.au

Banksia ($10/$20/$7)

Leader: Cas Liber

PO

Box 83, S

t Pauls N

SW

2031(

(02) 9559 2656E

mail: casliber@

ozemail.com

.au

Boronia &

Allied G

enera ($10 email)

Leader: Doug C

oates305/87 Yarranabbe R

dD

arling Point N

SW

2027(

(02) 9363 0619E

mail: doug.coates@

bigpond.com

Brachychiton and A

llied Genera

($5/$10)Leader: K

erry Rathie

6 Bright S

tToow

oomba S

outh QLD

4350(

(07) 4638 4305E

mail: krathie6@

bigpond.com

Correa ($10/ – /$6)

Leader: Cherree D

ensley9 K

oroit-Port Fairy R

d K

illarney VIC

3283(

(03) 5568 7226E

mail: correastudygroup@

gmail.com

Adm

in & E

ditor: Russell D

ahms

13 Everest Ave

Athelstone S

A 5076(

(03) 8336 5275E

mail: rdahm

s@internode.on.net

Dryandra ($10/$12/$5)

Leader: Margaret P

ieroni22 R

avenhill Heights

Denm

ark WA 6333

( (08) 9848 3331

Em

ail: mpieroni@

bigpond.com

Epacris ($5/$10/$5)Leader: G

wen E

lliot81/72 K

angan Drive,

Berw

ick VIC

3806(

(03) 8774 2483E

mail: gw

enelliot@optusnet.com

.au

Eremophila ($5)

Leader: Colin Jennings

4 Kinnaird C

resH

ighbury SA 5089

( (08) 8264 6490

Em

ail: cje97694@bigpond.net.au

Eucalyptus ($10/$20/$5)Leader: W

arwick Varley

PO

Box 456, W

ollongong NS

W 2520

( (02) 4284 5282

Em

ail: talloww

ood@hotm

ail.comA

dmin: S

ue Guym

er13 C

onos Court

Donvale Vic 3111

Em

ail: aitchguy@gm

ail.com

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Fern ($5)Leader: P

eter Bostock

PO

Box 402

Kenm

ore QLD

4069(

(07) 3202 6983E

mail: pbostock@

ozemail.com

.auTreasurer: D

an Johnston9 R

yhope Street

Buderim

QLD

4556E

mail: dan.b.johnston@

bigpond.com

Garden D

esign ($15/$20/$6)Leader: B

en Walcott

10 Wickham

Cres

Red H

ill AC

T 2603(

(02) 6161 2742E

mail: bw

alcott@netspeed.com

.au

Grevillea ($10/$10/$5)

Leader: Peter O

lde140 R

ussell LaneO

akdale NS

W 2570

( (02) 4659 6598

Em

ail: peter.olde@exem

ail.com.au

Treasurer: Christine G

uthrie32 B

lanche Street

Oatley N

SW

2223E

mail: brucem

offatt@tpg.com

.au(

(02) 9579 4093

Hakea ($10)

Leader: Paul K

ennedy41 S

todart Street

Colac V

IC 3250

( (03) 5321 5569

Em

ail: hakeaholic@gm

ail.com

Hibiscus and A

llied Genera

($10/$20/$5)Leader has recently passed aw

ayC

ontact AN

PS

A Study G

roupsP

O B

ox 191Law

nton QLD

4501E

mail: jansked@

bigpond.com

Wallum

& C

oastal Heathland ($5)

Leader: Barbara H

enderson36 R

ailway Terrace

Moore Q

LD 4306

( (07) 5424 7073

Waratah and Flannel Flow

er (free)Leader: M

aria Hitchcock

16 Hitchcock Lane

Arm

idale NS

W 2350

( (02) 6775 1139, 0421 961 007

Em

ail: maria.hitchcock@

gmail.com

The following study groups are all in

recess and require new leaders.

Australian food plants

Australian plants for containers

Calytrix

Daisy, the A

ustralianFabaceaeIsopogon and PetrophileO

rchids, IndigenousPalm

and Cycad

Prostanthera and Westringia

Rainforest

Rham

naceaeSucculents, N

ativeVerticordiaW

etlands (and Water Plants)

Wildlife and N

ative Plants

For more inform

ation contact Rhonda

Daniels, the A

PS

NS

W S

tudy Group

Liaison Officer, at:

rhdaniels@bigpond.com

.

District G

roups’ diaryCom

piled by Jan Carnes, Blue Mountains Group

All m

embers are w

elcome to attend G

roup meet-

ings. For further details on another Group’s ac-

tivity that you may be interested in attending,

contact that Group’s secretary.

If your Group has an activity that you w

ould like included here, em

ail details to the AP

S N

SW

office. You can also view

the current Group diaries and any recent updates or

changes on line at the AP

S N

SW

website at w

ww

.austplants.com.au .

October 2014

Date

Day

District G

roupEvent

1W

ed

East H

illsM

eeting 7.30 pm at P

eakhurst South

Prim

ary School Library, M

onterra Ave, P

eakhurst. Speaker

Sutherland

Children’s D

ay. From 10am

at Burnum

B

urnum S

anctuary. Plant- related activities,

bush walks and a sausage sizzle!

New

castleM

eeting 7.30 pm at The W

etlands Centre,

Sandgate R

d, Shortland. S

peaker: Peggy

Svoboda on the A

nniversary of the Wetlands

2Thu

Northern B

eachesM

eeting 7.30 pm at S

tony Range B

otanic G

arden, Dee W

hy

4S

at

Southern TablelandsW

alk to East B

angadilly

Menai

Meeting 1 pm

at Illawong R

ural Fire Brigade

Services, O

ld Illawarra R

d, Illawong.

Speaker

Arm

idale1 pm

to 3 pm A

rboretum W

orking Bee

5S

unS

outhern Highlands

Outing: W

alk on the Box Vale Track,

Mittagong

8W

ed

Coffs H

arbour

Meeting 7:30 pm

at Botanic G

ardens D

isplay Room

, Hardacre S

t, Coffs H

arbour. S

peaker: M D

uggan on West A

ustralia’s G

oldfields

Menai

Working B

ee IRFB

9am to 12 noon

Parram

atta and Hills

District

Propagation 10 am

at Bidjiw

ong Com

munity

Nursery

9Thu

Now

raM

eeting 8 pm at N

owra Tow

n Band H

all, 174 K

inghorne St, N

owra

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October 2014 continued

Date

Day

District G

roupEvent

10Fri

North S

hore

Meeting 8 pm

at Willow

Park C

omm

unity C

entre, 25 Edgew

orth David Ave, H

ornsby. S

peaker: Greg B

ourke on Australia’s A

maz-

ing Carnivorous P

lants

Central C

oastM

eeting 7.30 pm at P

hillip House, 21 O

ld M

ount Penang R

d, Kariong

11 S

atB

lue Mountains

Meeting 10 am

at Native P

lant Reserve,

GW

H, G

lenbrook. Speaker: M

argaret Baker

on plant ID

12S

unM

enaiM

eeting 10.30 am at S

ilky Oaks, O

akdale. S

peaker: Angus S

tewart on G

arden Design

with N

atives

Central C

oastW

oy Woy tip to M

ount Wondabyne – B

WN

P

13M

onN

orth Shore

Walks and Talks: C

allistemons, K

unzeas and M

elaleucas (Myrtaceae)

13 – 17

Mon

– FriS

utherlandM

idweek O

uting to the Mudgee A

rea to explore D

unn’s Sw

amp, Ferntree G

ully and m

ore

15W

ed

Sutherland

Meeting 8 pm

at Gym

ea Com

munity C

entre, G

ymea Bay R

d, Gym

ea. Speaker: Shauna C

hadlowe on Australian W

ildlife Conservancy

Macarthur

Meeting 7 pm

at Jack Nash C

lub Room

s, N

ash Place, C

urrans Hill

Hunter Valley

Meeting 7.45 pm

in Polish H

all, corner of G

rant and Old R

ose Streets, M

aitland

18 – 19

Sat –

Sun

Arm

idaleM

ole Station w

eekend

18 – 19

Sat – Sun

FJC R

ogers Sem

inar

Biennial sem

inar hosted by APS B

endigo. The topic is B

rachychiton and Allied

Genera. For m

ore information see

Australian Plants W

inter edition p4 or go to w

ww

.apsvic.org.au/FJCR

19S

unM

enaiW

alk in the Blue M

ountains

20M

onN

orth Shore

Walks and Talks: W

aratahs and other Pro-

teaceae

21Tue

New

castleM

idweekers: Teralba Landcare

Arm

idaleN

ative Plant Forum

7.30 pm in TA

FE Library

Sem

inar Room

, Beardy S

t, Arm

idale. Maria

Hitchcock w

ill demonstrate propagation

25S

atTam

worth

Meeting 10 am

at Botanic G

arden Meeting

Room

October 2014 continued

Date

Day

District G

roupEvent

26S

unA

rmidale

8 am to 1 pm

Markets in the M

all

27M

onN

orth Shore

Walks and Talks: G

rasses (Poaceae)

Novem

ber 2014

Date

Day

District G

roupEvent

1Sat

APS N

SW Q

uar-terly G

athering (H

awkesbury)

To be held in Windsor. See p 10 for m

ore inform

ation. Speakers: Jessica Mow

le (W

ollemi Pine) and K

ath Gadd (garden

design).

1S

at

Arm

idale1 pm

to 3 pm A

rboretum W

orking Bee

Southern TablelandsPlant survey of the M

iddle Arm R

d reserves

South E

ast Region

Meeting at alternating locations. C

ontact P

resident or Secretary

Menai

Meeting 1 pm

at Illawong R

ural Fire Brigade Services, O

ld Illawarra R

d, Illawong. Speaker

1 – 2S

at – S

unC

offs Harbour

Weekend E

vent – Botanica

3M

onN

orth Shore

Walks and Talks: P

lantNE

T

5W

ed

New

castleA

GM

and Meeting 7.30 pm

at The Wetlands

Centre, S

andgate Rd, S

hortland. 3 Am

igos Item

s of Interest

East H

illsM

eeting 7.30 pm at Peakhurst South Prim

ary School Library, M

onterra Ave, Peakhurst

Arm

idale & D

istrict1 pm

– 3 pm A

rboretum w

orking bee

6Thu

Northern B

eachesM

eeting 7.30 pm at S

tony Range B

otanic G

arden, Dee W

hy

Southern H

ighlandsM

eeting 2 pm at C

WA R

oom next to council

building, Elizabeth S

t, Moss Vale. S

peaker: TB

A

8S

atB

lue Mountains

Glenbrook D

ay plant stall

10M

onN

orth Shore

Walks &

Talks: Bird W

alk (9 am start)

12W

ed

Coffs H

arbourM

eeting 10 am at B

otanic Gardens D

isplay R

oom, H

ardacre St, C

offs Harbour.

Speaker: B

rian Haw

kins on Birds and P

lants

Menai

Working B

ee IRFB

9 am to 12 noon.

AG

M and m

eeting at 7.30 pm at Illaw

ong R

ural Fire Brigade S

ervices, Old Illaw

arra Rd,

Illawong. S

peaker: Tony Hilton on W

ildflower

Photography A

ssessment

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lants October 2014 —

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Novem

ber 2014 continued

Date

Day

District G

roupEvent

12W

edP

arramatta and H

ills D

istrictP

ropagation 10 am at B

idjiwong C

omm

unity N

ursery

13Thu

Now

raM

eeting 8 pm at N

owra Tow

n Band H

all, 174 K

inghorne St, N

owra

14Fri

Central C

oastM

eeting 7.30 pm at P

hillip House, 21 O

ld M

ount Penang R

d, Kariong

North S

hore

Meeting 8 pm

at Willow

Park C

omm

unity C

entre, 25 Edgew

orth David Ave, H

ornsby. S

peaker: Margarita C

layton on Lomandra

and Xanthorrhoea

16S

unC

entral Coast

Cruise – TB

A

17M

onN

orth Shore

Walks and Talks: Leptosperm

um and

Baeckea (M

yrtaceae)

18Tue

Arm

idale

AG

M and N

ative Plant Forum

7.30 pm in

TAFE

Library Sem

inar Room

, Beardy S

t, A

rmidale. P

lant ID quiz w

ith John Nevin and

Phil R

ose

New

castleM

idweekers: G

arden Visit

19W

ed

Hunter Valley

Meeting 7.45 pm

in Polish H

all, corner of G

rant and Old R

ose Streets, M

aitland

Macarthur

Meeting 7 pm

at Jack Nash C

lub Room

s, N

ash Place, C

urrans Hill

Sutherland

Meeting 8 pm

at Gym

ea Com

munity C

entre, G

ymea B

ay Rd, G

ymea. S

peaker: Sharon

Bow

en on the Ecology of the G

ymea Lily

22S

atTam

worth

Meeting 10 am

at Botanic G

arden Meeting

Room

Parram

atta and Hills

District

Meeting 2 pm

at Gum

nut Hall, G

umnut

Place, C

herrybrook

30S

unA

rmidale

8 am to 1 pm

Markets in the M

all

Decem

ber 2014

Date

Day

District G

roupEvent

3W

edE

ast Hills

Meeting 7.30 pm

at Peakhurst S

outh P

rimary S

chool Library, Monterra Ave,

Peakhurst. A

GM

and Christm

as social

New

castleC

hristmas P

arty

5Fri

Blue M

ountainsC

hristmas P

arty Native P

lant Reserve,

GW

H, G

lenbrook from 6 pm

Decem

ber 2014 continued

Date

Day

District G

roupEvent

6S

atSouthern Tablelands

AG

M and C

hristmas Lunch

Arm

idale1 pm

to 3 pm A

rboretum W

orking Bee

7S

un

Coffs H

arbourC

hristmas E

vent

Arm

idaleC

hristmas Lunch at P

atrick Laher’s place in U

ralla

Southern H

ighlandsC

hristmas P

arty

9Tue

New

castleM

idweekers C

hristmas P

arty

10W

ed

Parram

atta and Hills

District

Propagation 10 am

at Bidjiw

ong Com

munity

Nursery

Menai

Working B

ee IRFB

9 am to 12 noon

6 pm C

hristmas S

ocial Evening

12Fri

North S

horeC

hristmas P

arty

Advance N

otice

Date

Day

District G

roupEvent

7 M

ar 2015

SatA

PS NSW

Quarterly

Gathering (N

orth Shore)

To be held at Ku-ring-gai W

ildflower

Garden, it is anticipated that G

raham

Ross w

ill be the guest speaker.

Great N

ative Plant PhotosM

any AP

S m

embers are keen and capable

photographers. The evidence is plain to see in som

e of the group newsletters. This

journal also needs good quality images to

adorn its pages. If you have outstanding photos of native plants please share them

w

ith other mem

bers by contacting the editor via the office. I am

pleased to say that several m

embers w

ith excellent images have com

e already com

e forward in response to this

request. Mem

bers will be enjoying the benefit

in the pages of Native P

lants for NS

W.

Advertising in Native Plants for N

SWM

embers

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embers

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