Australian Plants online

Update: 16 May 2008
ISSN 1326-7469

Australian Plants online is an online magazine published by the Association of Societies for Growing Australian Plants (ASGAP), a non-profit organisation dedicated to the growing, conservation, promotion and appreciation of Australian native plants.

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	Date added
Feature Articles
Caring for Established Native Plants in the Garden Can you really plant it and forget it? It's possible but.....	16 May 2008
Cheery Acacias Using the colourful 'green and gold' to brighten up a dull garden.	16 May 2008
Roses with Other Names The Rose family includes valuable food plants and serious weeds.	18 April 2008
Grafting Grey-leafed Eremophilas in Melbourne Success with grafting comes with persistence and practice.	16 April 2008
Mulches Aren't Just Mulches The wrong mulch can actually harm plant growth. Select with care!	15 March 2008
Mundulla Yellows - The Cause Remains Controversial Nutrient imbalance, biological pathogen or herbicide - does the evidence stack up?	12 March 2008
Growing Climbers Where can you put a few climbers so they don't wander too far?	15 February 2008
Garden Design: Now and Then Garden design should be much easier now than it was 40 years ago	15 February 2008

	Date added
Short Cuts
Expatriate Plants Why would an Australian native species be named after a district in Italy??	16 May 2008
Wattles and Bushfires All plants will burn but some acacias are useful as fire retardants.	16 May 2008
A Blue-tongue in My Garden Wildlife in a suburban garden in Sydney.	16 May 2008
*Hibiscus geranioides* A colourful native hibiscus for the garden.	16 April 2008
Colour in Summer Summer doesn't have to be dull and uninspiring. Try these summer-flowering species...	18 April 2008
A Bird in the Bush... Good advice for designing a bird-friendly garden.	16 April 2008
Crinum peduncalutum - Swamp Lily A dramatic feature plant for formal and informal gardens.	12 March 2008
Three Rare Grevilleas Three rare species well suited to cultivation.	12 March 2008
Cactoblastis Moth and Prickly Pear One of Australia's most effective biological control programs.	15 March 2008
Dendrobium Beetle Are your native orchids looking a bit tatty? This beetle may be the culprit!	15 February 2008
Can Possum Pruning be Good for Your Trees? A follow up to last year's story "Two Possums, One tree and Two humans".	15 February 2008
Wallum Banksia Similar in many ways to the old man banksia, B.aemula has much to offer in the garden.	15 February 2008

	Date added
Reviews
Native Grasses for Australian Gardens Nola Parry and Jocelyn Jones.	16 May 2008
Backyard: Nature and Culture in Urban Australia Lesley Head and Pat Muir.	17 April 2008
Plant Names: A Guide to Botanical Nomenclature Roger Spencer, Rob Cross and Peter Lumley.	15 March 2008
Australian Succulent Plants - An Introduction Attila Kapitany.	15 February 2008

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The Society's 48 page, colour (printed) journal, "Australian Plants" has been published quarterly since 1959. It carries articles of interest to both amateur growers and professionals in botany and horticulture. Topics covered by the journal cover a wide range and include landscaping, growing, botany, propagation and conservation. Find out more here.

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