The Australian Plants Society (Victoria) is dedicated to promoting, growing and the conservation of Australian native plants, in gardens, community areas and their original environments.
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Bookings open on 15th February 2024 (early bird booking closes 30th June 2024)
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A free webinar about balancing wildlife and pests in your backyardWednesday, 15 May![]()
Free webinar: balancing wildlife and pests in your garden![]()
Join us for a free educational webinar about supporting local wildlife and safely managing pests in your own backyard.![]()
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www.eventbrite.com.au/e/free-webinar-balancing-wildlife-and-pests-in-your-garden-tickets-87710961…
Autumn really is the planting season for Australian plants. They love this rain and grow through winter. In Melbourne’s South East? Time to buy some more this Saturday!
Eucalyptus polybractea Blue Mallee is a lovely small to large mallee from central Victoria north east from Bendigo to Charlton. Beautiful 4m examples were covered in flowers at the Royal Botanic Gardens Cranbourne on the weekend. It should be more widely grown – covered in bees. Cranbourne Friends Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria Inc.
There has been a major botanical revision of Leptospermum,which has been split into a number of new Genera. For example Leptospermum laevigatum – your coast tea tree is now Gaudium laevigatum. There is a simple translation table published on iNaturalist at the link below. ![]()
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The revised taxonomy of the tribe Leptospermeae (Myrtaceae) is based on morphological and DNA data by Peter Wilson and Margaret Heslewood. There are links to their paper here as well. I’m hoping we can see the differences without carrying a mobile DNA lab around. ![]()
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www.inaturalist.org/journal/thebeachcomber/92741-major-changes-to-leptospermeae
APS Melton Bacchus Marsh put on an excellent plant sale. The group grow a fine selection of Hakea and the Melton Plant Nursery & Depot – Friends of the Melton Botanic Garden have a stall focused on tough plants for low rainfall. There is also a range of excellent native nurseries selling their plants and discount prices.Save the date! Our local Australian Plant Society’s annual plant sale. It’s on the day before Mother’s Day, bring mum or buy her a pressie. We’ll be selling there, hope to see you.