
"Australian Plants" carries articles of interest to both amateur growers and professionals in botany and horticulture. Its authors include the leading professional and amateur researchers working in with the Australian flora and many beautiful and high quality photographs of Australian plants are published in its pages.
These are some of the topics covered in recent issues of "Australian Plants":
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Issue 197: December 2008 Contents This issue has been compiled by the Hibiscus and Related Genera Study Group. * Malvaceae in Australia - An Introduction * Images from Australian States & Territories * Hibiscus insularis: Phillip Island Hibiscus * Hibiscus Cultivars * Our Favourite Hibiscus * Why I Joined the Hibiscus Study Group * Field Trip to Record & Collect Seed of Hibiscus * Malvaceae from the Garden to the Table * Malvaceae in Melbourne * Understanding Hibiscus Furcaria section in Australia * Some Malvaceae Species Worth Cultivating * Mallows Indigenous to Tasmania * Prospects for Developing Improved Hybrids |
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Issue 196: September 2008 Contents This issue focuses on Australian native orchids. * A Year of Orchids in Perth * Orchids in Queensland's World Heritage Wet Tropics * Orchid Foes in Queensland's Wet Tropics Heritage Area * The Elusive and Hard-to-Find Helmet Orchids * Saprophytic Orchids of Southern Sydney * Caladenia (Arachnorchis) Reintroduction * Pollination Biology of Terrestrial Orchids * Growing Native Epiphytic and Lithophytic Orchids * Cultivation of Greenhood Orchids * Captain Cook: Scurvy and the Consumption of Orchids * ANPSA on the Web |
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Issue 195: June 2008 Contents This issue focuses on the flora of the south coast of New South Wales and was compiled by the South-east District Group of the Australian Plants Society (NSW). * Native Plants of South East NSW * Plant Communities of the Far South Coast * More Than a Pretty Plant * Grevilleas of the Lower South Coast * Formal Gardens with Australian Plants * Managing an Endangered Species on Private Property * A Ocean View and a Garden * Gardening with Grassy Woodland Plants * Eurobodalla Regional Botanic Gardens, Batemans Bay |
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Issue 194: March 2008 Contents This issue focuses on the flora of Victoria and includes areas to be explored during field trips and tours associated with the 2009 ANPSA Conference and Seminar in Geelong. * Victoria's Western Flora * Wilson's Promontory * The Yarra Ranges Plant Directory * The Australian Garden, Cranbourne * The Kennedy Arboretum * Our Garden in Ocean Grove * Daniel Bunce * The Geelong Special Playspace * The Deppeler Garden * A Conservation Garden in Mallacoota * Hunting Ducks in Victoria (Duck Orchids) |
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Issue 193: December 2007 Contents * So You Want to Write a Book - the inside story of writing The Dryandras * Weindorfer of Cradle Mountain * Mangles' Kangaroo Paw; Flower Pigments Identified * Australian Arid lands Botanic Garden * Our Garden Number 52 - Logan Village, Queensland * Update on Native Figs * ACRA Plant Profiles; Callistemon 'Rebecca' and Callistemon 'Benalla Beauty' * Merger of Dryandra into Banksia * Plant Irony; a mistletoe using a mistletoe as host! * Everything Old is New Again |
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Issue 192: September 2007 Contents This issue has been produced by members of the Canberra Region, Australian Native Plants Society. * Vegetation Succession in the Brindabella Range * An Australian Habitat Garden * Indigenous Food Plants and Cultural Succession * Our Garden Number 51 - Wickham Cres., Red Hill, ACT * Farrer Ridge Nature Reserve * Pomaderris - Multipurpose Plants * Canberra's Weed Swap Initiative * Phytophthora cinnamomi in NSW * The Occurrence and Cultivation of Native Figs in Southeastern Australia |
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Issue 191: June 2007 Contents This issue has been produced by members of the Warrnambool and District group of the Society and concentrates on the flora and environment of south-west Victoria. * The Southwest's Physical Environment * Bioregions and Vegetation Communities within Southwest Victoria * Tower Hill Reserve * Creating a Garden of Indigenous Plants * Growing Xanthorrhoea * Threatened Flora Recovery in Southwest Victoria * Managing a Covenanted Bush Block * Range Expansion of Acacia longifolia ssp. sophorae * Correa 'Portland Belle' |
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Issue 190: March 2007 Contents * Some New Attractive Tasmanians * Callistemon Magic * Use of Grey Water in the Garden * Fitzgerald River National Park * Eremophila and Allied Genera * Australian Botanical Gardens * Hardenbergias for the Garden * Soils Ain't Soils * Pruned Doryanthes excelsa * A Memorial to Bill Payne * Drought Water Restrictions |
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Issue 189: December 2006 Contents Entire issue devoted to the family Elaeocarpaceae in Australia. This includes the well known blueberry ash, Elaeocarpus reticulatus |
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Issue 188: September 2006 Contents * Our Garden Number 50 - Silky Oaks, Oakdale, NSW * Lambert Peninsula - Ku-Ring-Gai Chase * Native Plant Communities of the NSW North Coast * Micropropagation - Eucalyptus erythronema x E.stricklandii * Pruning Australian Plants * New CD - Plants of Royal National Park * Arcadia - Nerrandera, NSW * Vegetation of Mt Hootham, Victoria: 50 million years ago to present * Establishing Dendrobium Orchids * Orchids in the Garden |
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Issue 187: June 2006 Contents * Our Garden Number 49 - Sand gardens at Hartley Hill * ASGAP 2007 Conference in Newcastle * Australian Plants Society makes a Difference * Botanising Awabakal * Lowdown on Catherine Hill Bay * Coastal Wanderings * Kooragang Wetlands * Hunter Region Botanical Gardens * NSW Northern Tablelands: a hot spot for botanical diversity * Woodsreef Serpentine Flora * The Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area * Capertee Valley * Native Plants Endemic to the NSW North Coast and their Cultivation * NSW North Coast Endemic Species * Central Coast Wonders |