Newsletter No.85 - Australian Native Plants Society

Association of Societies for Growing Australian Plants
Newsletter No. 85 – February 2010
Ref No. ISSN 0725-8755
Newsletter No. 85
For more details contact Neil Marriott (Vic
Leader), on (03) 5356 2404 or 0458 177 989, or
email [email protected]
Grevillea rosmarinifolia search
around Malbourne
Any members interested in helping the search for
as many populations of Grevillea rosmarinifolia
and its close relatives north and north-east of
Melbourne should contact Neil Marriott or Geoff
Roche [email protected] by
phone or email ASAP. We will be organising the
search for some time in mid to late March. It will
be concentrating on the Plenty River Gorge, Yarra
Gorge and surrounding areas so members from
the Yarra Yarra Group are urged to attend. This
work will assist Peter Olde in his research into the
Grevillea rosmarinifolia complex.
Inside this issue:
Special
thanks
tosplitters
Neil Marriott

All power
to the
and Geoff Roche
from the Victoria chapter for this fantastic edition
 Field trip report
of the newsletter. Please note deadlines on back
 Pronunciation of Grevillea names Part 3
page for the following newsletter.

“A mob of wankers!”
Noisy Miners
 ‘Recovery Plan for Grevillea celata (Colquhoun Grevillea)’
 A new feature garden for small shrubs at Panrock Ridge
 A major new native garden
 Grevilleas in our Melbourne garden
 Grevillea chrysophaea research
Inside
issue:
 A rarethis
yellow
flowered form of Grevillea dimorpha

Editorial
GSG S.E. QLD Programme 2010
GSG VIC Programme 2010
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Special
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NSW 2223.
McDowall from the Victoria chapter for this splendid
edition of the newsletter. Please note deadlines on
back page for the following newsletter.
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Field trip report – Grevillea rosmarinifolia sensu McGillivray

Pronunciation of Grevillea names Part 3
Peter Olde
“A mob of wankers!”
Other members undertook studies that were never
In recent times, in what little spare time can be found,
 All power to the splitters
written up. The studies written up were used by John
I have commenced the work of indexing the Grevillea
Wrigley and Rodger Elliot in their respective works on
Study

NoisyGroup
Minersnewsletters. They make interesting
Grevillea prior to publication of The Grevillea Book.
reading
even
today.
One
of
the
great
achievements
 ‘Recovery Plan for Grevillea celata (Colquhoun Grevillea)’
of the early days was the manner in which individual
I feel the time has come for members to take up these

A new feature
garden for of
small
at Panrock
members
took ownership
a shrubs
particular
species Ridge
studies once more. There are many species complexes
with
a viewnew
to reporting
on its variation. Ian Evans

A major
native garden
throughout the country that would greatly benefit from
did an excellent study of Grevillea obtecta, Alan
such detailed study. Species that come to mind are
 Grevilleas in our Melbourne garden
Foster undertook a study and reported on Grevillea
Grevillea acuaria, Grevillea alpina, Grevillea aquifolium,

rosmarinifolia,
Bill Molyneux
gave an excellent report
Grevillea chrysophaea
research
Grevillea arenaria, Grevillea australis, Grevillea
on Grevillea alpina, Glyn Sago undertook an excellent
 A rare yellow flowered form of Grevillea dimorpha
banksii, Grevillea beadleana, Grevillea beardiana,
study of Grevillea lavandulacea, Neil Marriott sent a
Grevillea bipinnatifida, Grevillea biternata, Grevillea
report on Grevillea aquifolium which I lost (sorry Neil).

continued >
Editorial
buxifolia, Grevillea chrysophaea, Grevillea deflexa,
Grevillea didymobotrya, Grevillea diversifolia,
Grevillea fasciculata Grevillea floribunda, Grevillea
hakeoides, Grevillea hookeriana, Grevillea
huegelii, Grevillea lanigera, Grevillea lavandulacea,
Grevillea leptobotrys, Grevillea linearifolia, Grevillea
mucronulata, Grevillea oleoides, Grevillea oligantha,
Grevillea oncogyne, Grevillea parallela, Grevillea
patulifolia, Grevillea pectinata, Grevillea pilulifera,
Grevillea pteridifolia, Grevillea pulchella, Grevillea
pungens, Grevillea refracta, Grevillea repens,
Grevillea sericea, Grevilles speciosa, Grevillea
trifida, Grevillea vestita, Grevillea willisii. There are
many others, perhaps one that grows near you. If
you are interested to undertake such ownership
with a view to writing a study group report, please
contact me. A ‘Rosmarinifolia Interest Group’ has
already begun with a view to studying variation in
this species and an ‘Alpina Interest Group’ is also
underway. If you would like to join these studies, you
must be an active member prepared to do the job
as well as you can. I hope to link these studies with
taxonomic work.
If you would like to assist with indexing the Study
Group Newsletters, this would also be greatly
appreciated. We have many members who claim
to be active but I have no actual evidence of this.
Let’s get back to making this a real community Study
Group, where the members make real contributions.
At present, the newsletter production is more widely
spread between the three eastern states but each
state could benefit from a greater participation
from its members in presenting their respective
newsletters. Let’s face it, interesting articles can be
easily compiled from a Google search. Just type in
a species or cultivar name and you can make up
a good, worthwhile article. The book on Grevillea
Cultivars will be published this year. It will include
treatments of all known cultivar species and hybrid
cultivars. There are so many taxa involved that it will
probably require two volumes instead of one. Barring
production hold-ups, Neil and I are hoping to release
the new work at the Fred Rogers Seminar being held
in Bairnsdale on Aug 21–22. Hopefully we will have
more news on this in the next newsletter.
In the wild
Geoff Roche
All power to the splitters
As many of you will be aware Pete is currently
undertaking a revue of Grevillea rosmarinifolia.
I don’t wish to pre-empt this as I’m sure that he
will enlighten us further as his study advances.
Suffice to say that there are likely to be some new
species and sub species. This merely confirms
what those of us who live with G. rosmarinifolia
have suspected for many years. One doesn’t
need to be a botanist to recognise that there
are significant morphological differences between
populations spread over a wide area of Victoria
and New South Wales.
A number of study group members have been
assisting with Pete’s study, guiding him to
populations and generally focusing our explorations
on this species. A major difficulty we have come
across concerns the number of hybrids/garden
escapees which really confuse matters, specially
where the impact of man has been greatest.
This I believe highlights a major weakness in
the “joiners”, those botanists who choose to
lump diverse populations under the banner of G.
rosmarinifolia. Of course all this work is to a certain
extent subjective and an artificial construct imposed
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by man. The dangers of joining are nowhere more
evident than on revegetation projects such as
freeway roadsides. If all populations are lumped
under G. rosmarinifolia, too often what is planted
is the most commonly available and toughest
form, that from the Broken River area. This form is
widely planted by various authorities who believe
that they are planting indigenous plants. Then the
hybrid problem is exacerbated as these plants
cross with truly indigenous forms.
Rosies are very promiscuous and they are
renowned for crossing with other species, such
as Grevillea alpina and Grevillea lanigera. This
pollution of indigenous plants, however wellintentioned, means that we are in danger of
losing truly indigenous forms. Pete will undoubtly
split G. rosmarinifolia and we should support his
endeavours.
Those of you who live in areas where the “species”
grows could make an important contribution by
letting him know. These studies should not be
looked upon as merely an intellectual exercise. Only
if the various authorities are informed, that plants
from the areas to be revegetated are significant,
and not merely some widespread generic species
will we achieve true revegetation and ensure the
survival of our unique and diverse flora.
Grevillea Study Group No. 85
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Field trip report
Peter Olde
Grevillea rosmarinifolia sensu McGillivray
Following reports of the clearing of a population
of a rare form of ‘Grevillea rosmarinifolia’ sensu
McGillivray in Victoria, I felt it was necessary
to begin a field study of this species to try to
understand the taxonomy.
glabella. We travelled in two vehicles to Rankins
Springs and to Kamarah and Moombooldool,
examining the life-history of this taxon which is not
rhizomatous and apparently nonlignotuberous.
Specimens were collected at all localities.
The problem with variable populations of a
species is that they have low conservation status.
Recognising and naming some of these populations
heightens their conservation profile and enhances
understanding of their evolutionary development.
My knowledge of the Victorian populations was
poor and I linked up with a group of interested
parties in Victoria to form what I have called the
Rosmarinifolia Interest Group. This is an email
and phone contact group of people interested in
the species. Members who wish to be party to
the activities of this group should email me and I
will place them on the contact. It is open to active
members only.
After study of the plants propagated from the
discovery of typical plants growing in Edinburgh
and now in horticulture here at Oakdale and after
several trips to the Hyde Park Reserve to examine
the population dynamics of the species in the
wild, it has quickly become apparent to me that
the complexity currently resting under the name
‘rosmarinifolia’ needs resolution. The species is
currently unified under the floral morphology, all
populations of which have the same or very similar
flowers. By separating Grevillea iaspicula, which
also has the similar flowers, Don McGillivray has
flagged the possibility that some other populations
might be worth recognising. After examining the
specimens at NSW (Herbarium of New South
Wales), it quickly became apparent to me that G.
rosmarinifolia was not amenable to a traditional,
specimen-based approach to its taxonomy. Had it
been so, both Don McGillivray and Bob Makinson,
who have both worked on the species, would
have come up with something more definitive.
At present the species is recognised as having
two subspecies, subsp. glabella and subsp.
rosmarinifolia. Most of the residual complexity
remains in subsp. rosmarinifolia.
I began this study earlier in the year. I undertook
a trip to Hyde Park Reserve and Burrendong
Arboretum in early October. I examined two taxa,
especially the typical form, to gain a grasp of
what Grevillea rosmarinifolia in its purest form
actually represents. At Burrendong, they have
been growing a plant introduced in the 1940s as
Grevillea ericifolia, but which to me represents an
undescribed taxon in the Grevillea rosmarinifolia
group. There appear to be five taxa in New South
Wales, G. rosmarinifolia s. str., G. divaricata, G.
glabella, G. sp. aff. rosmarinifolia ‘subalpina’ MS
and G. ‘Burrendong’ MS.
The field trip began by investigating the populations
in western NSW, currently represented by subsp.
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Grevillea rosmarinifolia
Hyde Park Reserve
Grevillea sp. aff. rosmarinifolia ‘Burrendong’
The Victorian Group consisted initially of Ian
Evans, Max McDowall, Marilyn Sprague, Geoff
Roche, Bob Stewart and Neil Marriott. Bill
Molyneux has been subsequently added as has
Val Stajsic from Melbourne Herbarium. Ian led
the group to several populations around Bendigo.
We searched the Graytown-Heathcote area for
a population first collected by Regina and Max
McDowall who discovered 15–20 plants near
Darrochs Dam Rd. It had been reported that there
were only 2 tor 3 plants of this taxon remaining
but the field trip found over 100. This glabrous
colony looks to be a new taxon.
continued >
Grevillea Study Group No. 85
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Field trip report
Max & Regina McDowall
Regina and Max McDowall
Grevillea sp. aff. rosmarinifolia
January 2010
Graytown area
We next visited a glabrous, root-suckering
population at Harcourt, only about 10–20 plants
on private land belonging to Geoff & Geraldine
Harris near the Calder Highway. This population,
ownerprotected by a wire fence, looks very
different to the first Bendigo population and
clearly reproduces differently. Next we went to
the water aqueduct at Mandurang where a hairyleaved, root-suckering population occurs. Again
this looks quite different. We looked at a couple
of populations here and on Harpers Rd. On
the way back we headed to Bagshot, north of
Bendigo where we found a few plants scattered
in weedy, roadside vegetation of a form once
known as Grevillea ‘Limelight’. Many of these
plants have been cleared off the land, resulting
in a conservation imperative. They are unusual in
their strongly erect habit to 1.8m and their multicoloured flowers, yellow-green, yellow, red, and
colours in between. Many years ago (1985), I
collected this plant on Skylark Rd., in the Whipstick
Forest. Ian assures me it is no longer there but I
think it will be as the vegetation is undisturbed
even though undergoing successional change in
the absence of fire. Then off to the Evans’ (Lyn
and Ian) fantastic and welcome hospitality. It was
a great barbecue and the New South Welshmen
also got a bed for the night.
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In the morning, Ian’s dedication to the species
became obvious. I examined cultivated specimens
of numerous provenance-collections, most
introduced to cultivation by Marilyn Sprague.
Provenance plants such as Bagshot, Barnadown,
Boort, Tarnagulla, Wychitella, Somerton and more
were growing in numerous pots. Ian then took us
off to Boort to search for what appeared to be the
nearest locality to Grevillea nutans, currently in
synonymy under G. rosmarinifolia. G. nutans was
collected on Jul 5 1836 on the Mitchell Expedition.
According to Mitchell, he proceeded ‘towards the
lofty hill to the eastward of our route, the highest of
those I had intersected from Mount Hope and the
Pyramid-hill, its aboriginal name, as I afterwards
learnt, being Barrabungale’. This locality is now
known as Mount Korong, and is located about
60 km north-west of Bendigo. (Mt Korong 36º 27’
47.92”S 143º 44’ 51.98”E). Ian indicated that there
were no plants of G. rosmarinifolia on Mt Korong
today. Try though we might however, we could not
find any population at Boort. Cultivated specimens
indicate to me that this is Grevillea nutans which has
considerably longer leaves than Grevillea glabella.
Ian has subsequently discovered a population, with
the assistance of Marilyn, in a nearby cemetery.
Grevillea ?nutans
Photo G.
Roche
?nutans
Photo Caroline
McCreery
Cultivated
Note the
long
.
Cultivated ex
ex Boort.
Barnadown.
Note
theleaves.
long leaves.
We drove to Quambatook where an unusual
population of what looks very much like G.
glabella in New South Wales grows. It differs in
its lignotuberous habit.
Quambatook Road Reserve
continued >
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Field trip report
Regrowth from lignotuber at Quambatook
Returning to Bendigo, we detoured via Kurting
and the Wychitella State Forest. Here part of the
forest is given over to Eucalypt (E. polyanthemos)
oil production in a way that left us sceptical that
we would find anything. The whole vegetation, not
just eucalypts, had been scalped off the land over
an area of many hundred acres. The recovering
forest vegetation was less than 20mm high.
Nonetheless, we carried on the search and after
almost an hour and nearly in despair I went over
to Ray Brown who was proceeding glumly looking
at the ground. As we walked along, ‘I found one
plant back there’ he said and as we talked we
looked to ground, and plants of G. rosmarinifolia
were suddenly seen. We had stumbled upon a
relatively large population of over 50 indviduals,
regenerating from lignotuber and seed.The area
also contained plants of Grevillea micrantha.
On the Kurting – Brenanah Rd., c. 7km from
the Calder Highway we found another sizeable
population of Grevillea micrantha.
The following night was spent with Wendy &
Neil Marriott where a meal was provided and
hearty discussions went on into the night. Again
accommodation and a good rest were much
appreciated and were followed in the morning by
a tour of the new gardens. Neil led us to the Vectis
cemetery at Quantong. Here G. glabella grows in a
unique plant association and in deep yellow sand.
Although apparently unique for its association, I
have been unable to distinguish this population.
Next we set off to the Little Desert where we
found a very different form of G. glabella that has
very strongly appressed, short and narrow leaves.
Not very common but worth finding, as we did
on the rises and gravelly ridges along the road.
Again, all these plants were lignotuberous.
It was good to see on the way plants of Grevillea
angustiloba ssp. angustiloba and the Cooak form
of Grevillea aquifolium prospering in roadside
reserve.
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Ray Brown, Neil Marriott, Peter Olde
Grevillea glabella ‘Little Desert’
We headed off late in the afternoon towards Geelong
for a look at the Anakie form. This plant grows in a
forest habitat but differs from Grevillea glabella in
having some of the leaves with the undersurface
exposed, an important taxonomic difference, I
feel. From here we headed to Seymour where Bill
Molyneux provided the information that led us to
a completely different plant. Root-suckering again
and with hairy leaves. Unfortunately, no flowers but
next year we will see it in its full glory. Bill, through
Austraflora, introduced this taxon to cultivation as
Grevillea ‘Quicksilver’.
We returned to Sydney via a quick trip to Paddy’s
River Falls, near Tumbarumba to look at what
is clearly an undescribed species. This is the
commonly planted form and has been in cultivation
since the 19th century. Some of the plants around
the barbecue area were hybridised (hairs on the
style) but the other immediate parent could not
be located. Later on we discovered on the other
side of Tumbarumba a population of G. lanigera, a
probable source for cross-pollination of the Grevillea
rosmarinifolia by birds. The following week-end
I returned to this area and headed to Talbingo
and Yarrangobilly Caves in the high country. It
was from the latter area that G. ‘Rosy Posy’ was
initially collected and introduced to cultivation. This
population was observed to be growing on limestone,
and large robust shrubs were performing well and
growing throughout the area in abundance.
continued >
Grevillea Study Group No. 85
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Field trip report
Max & Regina McDowall
Grevillea
subalpina
MS ‘Rosy
Posy’
Grevillea
Subalpine
Form
– ‘Rosy
Posy’
Bob Stewart & Ian Evans
At the end of the trip, it was concluded that I
would need to examine all the specimens at
the Melbourne herbarium. It was agreed that
specimens would be collected of plants at all
localities for incorporation into public herbaria at
MEL and NSW. This is very important and I will
discuss this further in my next report where I will
also give detail my trip to Melbourne Herbarium.
(Next newsletter – hopefully).
I have also begun an ‘Alpina Interest Group’.
Anyone interested to join this study should
contact me by email or phone.
Gordon Meiklejohn, Gary Hurley, Ray Brown
Grevillea ‘Quicksilver’
A form between Seymour and Avenel
February 2010
Geoff Roche
Grevillea Study Group No. 85
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Taxonomy
Max McDowall
Pronunciation of Grevillea names Part 3 – o, u and y
In Parts 1 and 2 in 2009 I described the
pronunciations of the Latin a, and the Latin e
& i, respectively. Part 4 will deal with the Latin
diphthongs.
The Latin o is pronounced as a simple short
vowel as in log or sorry before two consonants
or in unstressed syllables or as a long vowel as
in role before a single consonant in stressed
syllables. It is never pronounced as a diphthong
like the ow in mow, and (strictly speaking) should
not be modified before r as in English glory.
Examples:
Short o: fuscolutea, obtusifolia, robusta.
Long stressed o: fistulosa, floribunda, floripendula,
flexuosa, granulosa, minutiflora, nudiflora,
ramulosa, granulosa, rubiginosa.
The Latin u is pronounced as a simple back
vowel, short in unstressed syllables or in
stressed syllables before a pair of consonants
or x as in put and butcher, or long as in rule,
lurid. (It should not be pronounced as in but,
nor as a front vowel as in flute nor as an English
diphthong as in unit, nor as in fur).
Examples: pulchella, rubicunda (short u), and
pluricaulis, plurijuga, rubicunda, rubiginosa,
rudis (all long u) are given correctly with simple
vowels in the Grevillea Book All the others listed
below, should be pronounced similarly.
Short u: acuaria, aculeata, angulata, annulifera,
aquifolium, buxifolia, exul, filipendula, granulosa,
halmaturina, lavandulacea, nudiflora, nutans,
obtusifolia, paniculata, ramulosa, rivularis,
subterlineata, subtiliflora, sulcata, trifurcata,
umbellulata, uncinulata.
Long u: fulgens, fuscolutea, juncifolia, muricata,
rubiginosa, rudis, uniformis, velutinella, venusta.
The letter ‘y’ does not occur in classical Latin
words. It is used to transliterate the Greek letter
upsilon ( pronounced like the French u in une) in
Latinised Greek words. However in most English
(and all French) words derived directly or, through
Latin, from the Greek, y is pronounced the same
as a short stressed or unstressed Latin i, as in
dynasty, dyspepsia, hypocrite, mystery, pyramid,
and in most words beginning sy (meaning
together) such as symphony, symbol, system,
syllable, synonym, etc.).
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This practice is best followed for the pronunciation
of ‘y’ in Botanical Latin words to avoid confusion
with the Latin ‘u’. (It should not be pronounced
like the long English diphthong I as recommended
in the Anglicised systems in disregard of the
established etymological practice described
above. Neverthless, elements of names marked
with an asterisk* which are cognate with familiar
English words may alternatively be pronounced
as in English (e.g., -stylis as in.style).
Guides conforming in The Grevillea Book:
acrobotrya,
brachystachya,
brachystylis,
didymobotrya, dryophylla, psilophylla, pityophylla,
pyramidalis, (ramosissima subsp.) hypargyrea,
stenostachya, synapheae subsp. pachyphylla,
thyrsoides (given as ‘thur-soy-deez’), trachytheca.
Guides not conforming: brachystylis*, (buxifolia
subsp.) phylicoides, chrysophaea, cyranostigma,
dryophylla, leiophylla, leptobotrys, longistyla*,
(montis-cole subsp.) brevistyla*, oncogyne, pythara,
(ramosissima subsp.) hypargyrea, synapheae,
zygoloba. For consistency, these names should be
pronounced as in the previous list.
Illawarra Grevillea Park
OPEN DAYS 2010
April, Sat 24 & Sun 25
May, Sat 1 & Sun 2
July, Sat 17 & Sub 18
July, Sat 24 & Sun 25
September, Sat 25 & Sun 26
October, Sat 2 & Sun 3
Each yr Park is open on last full w’end
in April, first weekend of May, last two
full weekends in July, last weekend in
September and first weekend in October.
Opening hrs are 10am – 4pm
Location
The Park is located at the rear of Bulli
Showground, Princess Highway, Bulli.
(Turn at the Woonona-Bulli Sports Club)
Admission
$5 adults, children with adults are free
Barbeque and picnic facilities available
Bring your lunch & make it a family day!
For more information
email [email protected]
or visit www.grevilleapark.org
Grevillea Study Group No. 85
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In the wild
Geoff Roche
“A mob of wankers!”
I bet this heading got your attention! It’s not
what one expects in a respectable journal
such as this. It’s actually a quote from
“Broomy”, a local of the Cooack Little Desert
area. Is he describing you?
Firstly, a little background. Those of you who
have read my previous articles, will be aware
that I have a huge interest in locating different
forms of the Grevillea genus, not merely diffierent
species. I often chase up the historical records,
expert advice, from the likes of Neil and Max
McDowall, Parks Victoria and DNRE, as well as
various Field Nats, and Friends of......
However, one of the most useful sources of
information come from individuals who are often
not “joiners” but, who have vast knowledge of
their local area, people such as local farmers,
professional seed collectors and, getting back to
“Broomy”, broom cutters.
During the early New Year I was chasing up
Neil’s location for Grevillea angustiloba in the
Cooack area of the Little Desert. At the end
of Cooack Extension there were a number of
plants of this interesting “new” species. (It was
originally Grevillea ilicifolia subs. angustiloba). I
dropped my two female passengers off in a shady
spot and was walking along the road collecting
samples of different leaf forms for propagation
when an old ute pulled up beside me. This was
a surprise in “the middle of nowhere”. The driver
was a wild looking, red faced bloke drinking
a can of beer. I immediately feared the worst,
thinking that some local bloke was going to
complain about my presence. Sure enough a
gruff voice asked “What are you up to?” I replied
that I was a member of a Grevillea Study Group
and that this plant was a bit special. He was
immediately interested and asked if I would write
the name down for him as he was “a bit of a
greenie meself”. After a bit of a chat, he told me
that he had been cutting broom for fencing in the
area for over thirty years.
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He then told me that there was a rare plant
growing in the area that the “DSE are really
interested in”. He said it was a species of
Spyridium. Of course I asked if he would show
them to me and I also asked if he had seen the
distinctive local form of Grevillea aquifolium in
the so called “Cooack form”. I described it to him
and he told me that there were lots of different
forms in the area but that he had put this down to
different soil conditions/microclimates. “Broomy”
ummed and ahhed for a while and then said “I’m
not supposed to show them to anyone. There are
only about fourteen plants. Of course that’s only
the ones that the DSE know about; I know of a
few more populations that they don’t know about.
I tell you what, if you’ve got a nice cold can for
me, I’ll go and get you a bit of it. Take about
20 minutes.”
Sure enough, he came back with a few
cuttings as well as some G. aquifolium. “This
what you’re looking for?” he asked. We had
a good chat and he invited me to look over
his own forty acres of “scrub” and offered to
get me onto a number of private properties
in the future. “As long as you bring a bigger
esky than that next time!” This delighted me
as I now have access to areas I couldn’t have
dreamed of!
But what about the aformentioned “Wankers”?
According to Broomy these are “plant people
from Horsham, who were only too happy to
pick his brains for his local knowledge but
offered nothing in return. They took one look at
him and dismissed him, assuming he wouldn’t
understand their knowledge of plants. Not the
case as he was very interested in my meagre
knowledge of Grevilleas, and only too willing
to share his local knowledge with me.
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Lisa C. Ashley et al.
In the wild
Noisy Miners
Noisy Miners have been described as a ‘reverse
keystone’ species, aggressively excluding
many bird species from an ever-increasing
range of human-dominated landscapes.
Research to better understand the factors
influencing the distribution of Noisy Miners
showed that, contrary to popular expectation,
there was no significant association between the
abundance of Noisy Miners and the presence of
hybrid grevilleas. However, there was a highly
significant relationship between the abundance
of Noisy Miners and the presence of eucalypts.
The research, published in the journal Emu,
counters the idea that hybrid grevilleas have
played a causal role in the spread of Noisy
Miners across many suburban areas of eastern
Australia, and supports the hypothesis that it is
the proliferation of lightlytreed open areas that
favours the Noisy Miner.
Report on the implementation of the
Science Research Strategy, 2007–2012 for
the period:
1 May 2008 – 30 June 2009. Australian Museum P. 25.
Does the presence of grevilleas and eucalypts
in urban gardens influence the distribution
and foraging ecology of Noisy Miners?
Lisa C. Ashley A , C , D , Richard E. Major B and
Charlotte E. Taylor A
vegetation composition of suburban gardens,
birds were surveyed according to a factorial design
defined by the presence or absence of grevilleas
and eucalypts. Contrary to popular expectation,
there was no significant association between the
abundance of Noisy Miners and the presence of
hybrid grevilleas. However, there was a highly
significant relationship between the abundance
of Noisy Miners and the presence of eucalypts.
Analysis of foraging time budgets showed that
Noisy Miners consistently spent 25–30% of their
foraging time feeding on grevilleas (only in sites
in which they were present). Similar amounts
of time were spent foraging in eucalypts or in
flowering callistemons (when available), and
the presence of grevilleas did not result in a
reduction in overall commitments to foraging.
Noisy Miners also spent substantial amounts of
time foraging on open ground. This study does
not support the notion that hybrid grevilleas
have played a causal role in the spread of
Noisy Miners across many suburban areas of
eastern Australia. Our results are consistent
with the hypothesis that it is the proliferation of
lightlytreed open areas that favours the Noisy
Miner.
Keywords: Manorina melanocephala.
Emu 109(2) 135–142 doi:10.1071/MU07043
Submitted: 26 August 2007 Accepted: 27 February 2009
Published: 10 June 2009
ASchool of Biological Sciences,
University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia.
B Terrestrial Ecology, Australian Museum,
6 College St, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia.
C Present address: Faculty of Veterinary
Science, University of Sydney, NSW 2006,
Australia.
D Corresponding author.
Email: [email protected]
Abstract
Noisy Miners have been described as a ‘reverse
keystone’ species, aggressively excluding many
bird species from an ever-increasing range of
human-dominated landscapes. Understanding
the factors influencing the distribution of Noisy
Miners is therefore an important research priority.
To determine whether a relationship exists
between the distribution of Noisy Miners and the
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Conservation
In the wild
Authors: Oberon Carter and Neville Walsh June 2003
© Environment Aust 2001, review by Neil R Marriott
‘Recovery Plan for Grevillea celata (Colquhoun Grevillea)’
Species description
Grevillea celata is an erect and open, to low
and dense, root-suckering shrub, 0.4 – 1.8m tall
(Molyneux 1995). It is very similar to Grevillea
chrysophaea, which does not root-sucker and
lacks red coloration on the perianth (Walsh &
Entwisle 1996). Also similar is Grevillea alpina,
however that species also does not root-sucker,
(NM – this is actually incorrect as our Study
Group has located several populations of
suckering Grevillea alpina across Victoria)
has a more prominent tongue-like nectary and
usually a shorter pistil (10-20.5mm versus 18-25
mm long in Grevillea celata) (Walsh & Entwisle
1996).
Conservation status
Grevillea celata is listed as Vulnerable under
the Commonwealth Environment Protection and
Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. There are
approximately 216 – 1,576 plants remaining in
six to nine wild populations.
Distribution
Grevillea celata occurs in Colquhoun State
Forest in central eastern Gippsland, east and
south of Bruthen in Victoria (Molyneux 1995).
The total range of all known populations is
approximately 11km.
Habitat critical to the survival of the species
Given that this species is Vulnerable, all known
habitat is currently considered critical. Actions
include survey for critical, common and potential
habitat that will lead to the identification of
habitat critical to the survival of the species.
Populations of Grevillea celata occur in heathy
open forest with an overstorey of Eucalyptus
consideniana, Eucalyptus cypellocarpa, Eucalyptus
globoidea, Eucalyptus macrorhyncha, Eucalyptus
sieberi, or Eucalyptus obliqua. Grevillea celata
occurs on red siliceous or pale granitic sands
(Walsh & Entwisle 1996), or gravelly clay-loams
(N. Walsh pers obs.). The species appears absent
from the black, humic Tertiary sands that often
abut the preferred soils (Molyneux 1995). Terrain
tends to be flat or with a slight northerly aspect.
Mapping of habitat critical to survival
of the species
Maps showing the distribution of Grevillea celata
are available from the Flora Information System
(FIS), curated by DSE, Heidelberg.
Former range
n Present range
Figure 1. Former and current distribution of
Grevillea celata in Victoria.
Figure 1. Former and current distribution of Grevillea
Important
populations
celata
in Victoria
Important populations necessary to the long term
Important populations
survival and recovery of Grevillea celata occur in
Important
populations
necessary to the long term
the following
locations:
survival and recovery of Grevillea celata occur in
Colquhoun State Forest:
the following locations:
Reformatory Rd (60 – 175 plants)
Colquhoun
State
Watershed Rd
(c. Forest:
40 plants)
Reformatory
Rd (60Rd
– 175
plants)
Dead Horse Creek
(80 –
175 plants)
Watershed
plants)
Lyles BreakRd
(c.(c.
30 40
plants)
Dead Horse Creek Rd (80 – 175 plants)
Known
and (c.
Potential
Threats
Lyles
Break
30 plants)
Biology and ecology relevant to
Known and Potential Threats
threatening processes
Biology and ecology relevant to
Fire appears to be the critical factor for Grevillea
threatening processes
celata. In many parts of its range, cool fuel
Fire
appears
to be appear
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for Grevillea
reduction
burns
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species (notably
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species
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to
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respond
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fire in
terms itoftends
growth,
native herbivores.
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reasons
to
and/or
juveniles
may be where
severely
by
be confined
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highbrowsed
light levels
native
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to
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that are itburnt
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be
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to roadsides
high light levels
frequently
the best where
representatives.
A 10
prevail. The few populations that are burnt less
frequently hold the best representatives.
continued >
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Conservation
A 10 year fire cycle may be most appropriate
for Grevillea celata, anything less is may lead to
very high cover of Austral Bracken and will not
provide suitable habitat.
Areas and populations under threat
No populations are known to occur in conservation
reserves.
Establish a seed bank and determine seed
viability.
Responsibility: DSE
• Long-term storage facility identified.
• Seed from important populations in storage.
Important unreserved populations (threats given
in italics)
Maintain a database of threatened plants in
cultivation including records of provenance,
numbers, cultivation technique and other relevant
information.
Colquhoun State Forest:
Responsibility: DSE
Reformatory Rd (Inappropriate burning regime,
road works)
• Threatened flora database established.
Watershed Rd (Inappropriate burning regime,
and possibly native herbivore browsing or insect
attack)
Dead Horse Creek Rd (Inappropriate burning
regime)
Lyles Break (Inappropriate burning regime,
firewood collection)
Recovery actions and performance criteria
(NM Space precludes the inclusion in this review
of all the proposed recovery actions however the
following is of interest to our Study Group);
Specific Objective 7 Establish Populations in
Cultivation
(NM Despite the age of this plan it is still
relevant for the management of this rare species.
Interestingly I could find no mention of the threat
of road widening of the Princess Highway that
runs through Calquhoun State Forest. One of
our members Geoff Cook was actually employed
to carry out population surveys of the species
prior to these road widening works, finding
numerous populations of the grevillea. I am
under the assumption that most of these plants
were attempted to be relocated and the sites
then destroyed. The greatest threat listed above
Inappropriate burning regime ie cool season
burning is still being practised widely throughout
Victoria by DSE, the authority responsible for the
management of our flora and fauna!!)
Establish cultivated plants ex situ for inclusion
in living collections to safeguard against any
unforeseen destruction of wild populations.
Responsibility: DSE, RBG
• Development of effective propagation and
• Cultivation techniques.
• At least 50 mature plants in cultivation.
• Some plants have already been cultivated at
RBG.
Direct deposits can be made into
the Grevillea Study Group account
BSB 112-879
Account Number 016526630
(St George Bank).
Please notifiy the Treasurer
of transfer by email
([email protected])
or by post to
Grevillea Study Group,
32 Blanche St Oatley, NSW 2223
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In your garden
Neil R Marriott
A new feature garden for small shrubs at Panrock Ridge
Following the bushfire that destroyed most of
our Grevillea gardens at Panrock Ridge in the
Black Range, Stawell, we endured two more
years of terrible drought before 2009 when we
had over 670 mm of wonderful rain – almost
back to our pre-drought average!
With the early break in autumn I began spreading
dolomite lime over a large area in front of our
house in preparation for a major new garden. Our
original plantings of grevilleas etc were mostly over
the hill on the NE slopes of the property, however
this new garden was on the south-west slopes of
our hill. It is a lot closer to the house and as a result
is readily managed and has access to water.
The area was deep ripped to drag the dolomite
deep into the subsoil. The entire bed was then
deeply dug and soils were blended, mounds built
up and tracks dug through the large bed. It was
then well mulched with washed river pebbles
and planted out with a large variety of Verticordia
sb verticordias, Grevillea sb grevilleas (mostly
courtesy of member John Edmunds-Wilson), dwarf
Grevillea and numerous other small and showy
sandplain plants. Amongst the Grevilleas that
are now thriving are Grevillea acerata, Grevillea
crassifolia, Grevillea depauperata –several distinct
forms, Grevillea alpina –Grampians form, Grevillea
dryandroides ssp hirsuta, Grevillea lavandulacea
–many forms including the rare suckering white
flowered form we collected on the Grevillea Crawl at
Gnarkat, SA, Grevillea imberbis, Grevillea nana ssp
nana, Grevillea thyrsoides ssp thyrsoides, Grevillea
bipinnatifida ssp pagna, Grevillea rosmarinifolia
-Lara, Grevillea chrysophaea –Holey Plains dwarf
form, Grevillea candicans, Grevillea ceratocarpa
ssp nov, Grevillea aquifolium –Carpenter Rocks
prostrate form and the dwarf shrubby form we
collected at Woakwine Hills, Grevillea infecunda
–fine leaf form, Grevillea pauciflora, Grevillea
oldei, Grevillea prominens and a beautiful form of
Grevillea shuttleworthiana from Tutanning Nature
Reserve.
Just about the only grevillea that has failed in the
garden is Grevillea magnifica –dwarf form, however
I have found this form to be one of the most difficult
grevilleas to keep alive in any garden.
Neil R Marriott
A major new native garden
Over the last year and a half Wendy and I have
been working with Tract Landscaping in the
development of a major new native garden at
Point Addis near Torquay on the west coast of
Victoria.
to deep fine sands and sandy loams over gravelly
clays. As long as these are built up and not
compacted they are ideal for most native plants.
All beds are well mulched with lovely Tuscan
pebbles, which set the plants off superbly.
Owners of the property Alan and Carol Schwartz
wanted a large and spectacular native garden,
and Tract were employed to develop the major
landscape around the house. However they
needed a specialist on native plants and I was
honoured to be recommended by Dr Phillip Moors,
Head of Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne.
One of the major groups of plants chosen by
me for use in the gardens is of course grevillea
sb Grevillea, with many of the very best species
and cultivars being planted out in blocks of three
to ten of each plant. This is going to create a
real spectacle when established as there are
big blocks of Grevillea bronwenae, Grevillea
dryandroides ssp hirsute, Grevillea magnifica,
Grevillea petrophiloides, Grevillea lavandulacea
–several forms, Grevillea juncifolia, Grevillea
preissii ssp glabrilimba, Grevillea scapigera,
Grevillea ‘Molly’, Grevillea ‘Flamingo’, Grevillea
‘Bush Lemons’, Grevillea ‘Lollypops!’, Grevillea
‘Desert Gold’, Grevillea ‘Canning Classic’ and
lots of others. There are also extensive displays
of banksias, scaevolas, Waratahs, verticordia and
many more.
Alan and Carol are the owners of Austem P/L,
a company dedicated to the development and
promotion of Australian native plants. Working
for them is Angus Stewart who is breeding new
selections for the nursery industry. Also involved
is Phillip Vaughan from Vaughan’s Native Nursery.
The large property at Pt Addis as well as being
landscaped with sweeping native gardens is also
being used to trial new selections bred by Angus
and other breeders. The soil ranges from shallow
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In your garden
Max & Regina McDowall
Grevilleas in our Melbourne garden
Our home in Bulleen VIC is situated on a
sloping block at the bottom of a gully over
a major local storm-water and sewerage
easement about 1km south of the Yarra
River, and orientated 35° east of north. The
neighbouring block across the back fence
was once heavily treed, and still has two large
35 year old trees of Eucalyptus globulus and
saligna 25-30m overlooking our block.
The original topsoil was a good quality brown
clay-loam but covered over much of the block
with heavy stony clay resulting from the drainage
works along the easement and the cutting
roadworks on Russell St. We were able to
salvage some good topsoil from excavations
under the house, and retrieved some improved
soil from the surface after all weeds had been
killed by TCA and burning.
Garden beds were built up by addition of imported
loam and washed river sand or propagating sand
blended intimately with the screened local topsoil,
and have since been extensively improved by
addition of compost, which was not available in
the beginning. We now also include additional
gypsum, dolomite, blood and bone, potassium
sulphate, trace elements, iron sulphate, and
Saturaid ™ soil wetting agent.
The garden beds are retained in extensive
rockeries of one to several levels constructed
from local volcanic rock. The front garden was
established by blending 55% crushed scoria
(minus 7mm) with 15% each of sandy loam,
mountain soil and local topsoil, but has since
been supplemented with mixed topsoil salvaged
from elsewhere in the garden. These beds
support hakeas, dryandras, eucalyptus (7 small
W.A. spp.), eremophila, melaleucas and banksia
spinulosa and blechnifolia very well.
At the bottom of the block, better quality clay
was improved by several cycles of applications
of gypsum and compost and the above nutrients
with the inclusion of some sand, loam and used
potting soil.
In the early days we grew many larger and small
to medium eucalyptus species, acacias, Banksia
ericifolia and serrata, Hymenosporum flavum, and
two grevilleas all of which have since either died or
been removed when they became unmanageable.
The two banksis spp. died in the recent drought,
possibly as a result of use of grey water.
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Grevilleas
Many grevilleas have been grown over the
years, including the popular Poorinda hybrids,
Clearview David, Grevillea curviloba, a huge
Grevillea ‘Red Hooks’ (as hookeriana), Grevillea
‘Long John’ (as longistyla) Grevillea robusta and
Grevillea aquifolium – a showy Grampians form
(from Alf Lewis) which survived for 30 years
in the scoria garden and Grevillea levis which
only recently died. Many forms and variants of
Grevillea alpina have been grown, with varied
success, the longest surviving beyond 5-8
years. Some of the original plantings (19781992) surviving today include Grevillea dielsiana
apricot form, Grevillea preissii subsp glabrilimba,
Grevillea nudiflora (curved leaf) Grevillea banksii
and Grevillea humifusa.
List
Grevillea alpina forms from
Everton (2 x 2m) orange-red and yellow, long
flowering – very attractive but does not have
the tightly-bunched many-flowered head of the
nearby Warby Range forms nor the distinctive
dense foliage.
Warrenbayne (1.2 x 0.6m) near Benalla –
similar to Everton
Tooberac x Grampians (15 x 40cm) slow to
establish.
Wedderburn (pink) replacing previous
specimen.
Strath Creek (Strathbogies type)
Grevillea aquifolium
Woakwine Range newly-discovered population
on limestone crest overlooking the Coorong
(far S.W. S.A.).
Cooack tall form from the Little Desert
Lake Wartook prostrate in semi-shade
Grevillea banksii (2.5 x 2.5m) red, kept pruned
– 34 yrs old growing alongside Calothamnus
gilesii, Persoonia pinifolius, Melaleuca wilsonii
and spathulata, Acacia trigonophylla and Zieria
buxijugum.
Grevillea depauperata from Bakers Junction
(S.W.W.A) - prostrate.
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In your garden
Grevillea dielsiana red (grafted) and apricot
(long-lived) to 2.5m pruned
Grevillea dimorpha fine-leafed variant from
near Picaninny Hill, broader-leafed variant from
Jimmy Creek Road, and a narrower leafed
variant from the late Alf Lewis – the original plant
survived 25 years.
Grevillea fililoba 1.5 x 2m)
Grevillea floribunda (near Burrendong
Arboretum) 1.2 x 1.2m (Noel Gaskett)
Grevillea georgeana (grafted)
Grevillea hirtella prostrate
Grevillea humifusa – overgrown and struggling
after 30 years.
Grevillea lanigera – small-leafed form
Grevillea lavandulacea (sandstone Black Range
western Grampians) other forms from Tullich (W.
Vic) and Woakwine Range and Ngarkat (white,
suckering) have not survived.
Grevillea montis-cole subsp brevistyla (Mt
Langi Ghiran) prostrate in semi-shade.
Grevillea ‘nansonensis’ ms. sp. nova, Olde &
Marriott 1.5 x 1.2m attractive floriferous fragrant
(musty) brilliant white-flowered spring and
sporadic, hardy. Trifid foliage.
Grevillea nudiflora curly-leafed form prostrate
(32 yrs) and
new subsp. ms. Olde & Marriott from
E.?????????? Mt Barren, with broader foliage,
procumbent.
Grevillea preissiana subsp. glabrilimba – 0.8
x 2m dry position on scoria bed
Grevillea rhyolytica high gully above Donald
Creek near Moruya NSW. This population was
hemmed in by taller trees and reached to 2.5m.
In cultivation 1 x 1.5-2m – more vigorous and
hardier than the ‘Deua Flame’ selection but
otherwise indistinguishable in appearance and
should displace the latter in cultivation. Scarlet
flowers almost all the year.
Grevillea rosmarinifolia variants
Boort
Elphinstone – suckering probably hybrids
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subsp. glabella from Barellan (Riverina) grey
– and green-leafed forms – very droughttolerant.
sp. affin. from Graytown S.F. (described in
previous Feb-March Newsletters) upright 2.5 x
2 burnt orange and cream & green forms
Tarnagulla
Wychitella
Grevillea ‘simplex’ ms. sp. nova Olde & Marriott.
Another attractive white-flowered species with
intensely (banana custard) fragrance early
afternoon Aug-Oct, Feb and sporadic, 2 x 1.2m
with pruning. Mostly simple but occasional trifid
foliage.
Grevillea speciosa (2.5 x 1.8m) very attractive
floriferous form Aug-Nov.
Grevillea tenuiloba (0.5 x 1m) grafted
Grevillea thyrsoides – grafted
Grevillea variifolia struggling to grow after 5
years – unfavourable location.
Grevillea wilsonii – grafted on Grevillea robusta
(Noel Gaskett) – morning sun 1 x 1m fastgrowing – flowered twice spring 2009.
‘Grevillea zygoloba’ x pink heads spring very
attractive long-flowering drought tolerant 2 x 1.2m.
Grevillea hybrids/cultivars:
‘Biggara Beauty’ (unlisted name) – a showy
long-flowering hybrid to 2m from McCormicks
Gap (2km from Biggara in NE Victoria), growing
among Grevillea rosmarinifolia, Grevillea lanigera
and Grevillea polybractea – the best selection
which Phil Vaughan shared with us. Pendulous
pinky-red and cream flower heads from (June)
July-October (November).
‘Bonny Prince Charlie’
‘Moonlight’
‘Poorinda Anticipation’
‘Poorinda Adorning’ a scarlet G. juniperina
hybrid(?) long-flowering prickly procumbent
(20 + years) extremely dry-tolerant.
‘Semperflorens’
‘Superb’
‘Sylvia’
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Grevillea news
Neil R Marriott
G’day Peter
Grevillea chrysophaea research
First, thanks for the feedback on Grevillea
maccutcheonii – much appreciated.
Juli Atkinson Botany honours student at La Trobe
University is looking at the population genetics of
Grevillea chrysophaea for her honours project. She
is very interested to see how the three forms of this
species fall out genetically. I will keep members
informed of Juli’s results.
It certainly looks hardy here but it’s early days.
I noticed in the Study Group newsletter that you
are looking for a new website for the Group. I
think we discussed some time ago the possibility
of running a GSG website on the ANPSA site.
I’m still quite happy to do that. In fact it seems
the obvious place for it given that the newsletter
archive is stored there.
There is already a small Study Group page there:
http://asgap.org.au/grevSG/index.html
and it would be easy to expand it into something
more substantial.
Seed bank
Cheers Brian
A rare yellow flowered form of
Grevillea dimorpha
Brian Lacy, one of our keen members from Hamilton
recently discovered a sole yellow flowered plant of
the fine leaved form of Grevillea dimorpha near the
Piccaninny in the southern Grampians. Brian rang
me to tell me of his discovery and that he had a
small number of cuttings to send to me. However
I was just leaving on a survey so I organised for
Brian to send them to Max McDowell. Max has just
advised me that he has struck a number of these.
This plant should make a wonderful new selection
for the garden, particularly when planted with the
normal red flowered form. Well done Brian.
Seed Bank
Matt Hurst
37 Heydon Ave, Wagga Wagga 2650 NSW
Phone (02) 6925 1273
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Grevillea floribunda
Grevillea glauca
Grevillea johnsonii
Grevillea leucopteris
Grevillea longistyla
Grevillea magnifica ssp
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Grevillea didymobotrya
Grevillea diversifolia ssp
subtersericata
Grevillea eriostachya
Grevillea floribunda
Grevillea goodii ssp goodie
Grevillea johnsonii
Grevillea johnsonii ‘Orange’
Grevillea leucopteris
Grevillea
Grevillea
Grevillea
Grevillea
Grevillea
Grevillea
Grevillea
Grevillea
Grevillea
Grevillea
Grevillea
Grevillea
Grevillea
Grevillea
Grevillea
Grevillea
Grevillea
longistyla
mimosoides
‘Moonlight’
‘Moonlight x Ivanhoe’?
occidentalis
petrophiloides
plurijuga
preissi
pteridifolia
robusta
‘Sandra Gordon’
superba
synapheae
treueriana
tripartite ssp macrostylis
vestita
wilkinsonii
Fresh stocks of garden seed are desparately needed as most species are almost out of seed. Can members asking
for seed please give an alternative list in case some species are no longer in stock. It is preferred if requests are sent
with a small padded post pack. It costs less to send at approx $1.50 per letter than padding an envelope at $2.00 each or
more so the seed will survive the trip down the sorting rollers. It’s a good idea to send extra stamps with requests as extra
postage is usually needed to be paid with almost every request. Leftover stamps would be sent back with your seed.
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Contact:
Dawn Barr
(03) 5156 4674
Post to:
Frank Flynn
P.O. Box 1069
Lakes Entrance 3909
Forward Booking Form and Payment
(cheque or Money order made payable to Australian Native
Plants Society– East Gippsland)
Please find enclosed Booking Form.
Please indicate your preference for workshops.
You may choose two per person
Seminar Bookings close on June 26th 2010
Numbers are limited to 400 so register early.
Early Bird Seminar Booking
A 10% discount will apply for bookings no later than
May 1st 2010.
It is advisable to book early.
Depending on what you require, there are lots of Motels,
Hotels, Bed and Breakfast properties, Holiday Villas and
Caravan Parks.
For the convenience of distance to Nagle College it is advised
that accommodation be sought in Bairnsdale, Lakes Entrance,
Paynesville, Metung, Bruthen, Nicholson or Swan Reach
Enquiries for accommodation may be made to:
Bairnsdale Information Centre: 1800 637 060
Metung Information Centre: 03 5156 2969
Lakes Entrance Information Centre: 03 5155 1966
Participants in the Seminar will be responsible for their own
accommodation.
SEMINAR BOOKING INFORMATION
James Yeates Printing & Design Ph: 5150 2300
Cover & Logo Grevillea Bairnsdale
Australian Native Plants Society
- East Gippsland Inc.
Australian Plants Society - Victoria
East Gippsland Shire
SPONSORS
21stÊ&Ê22nd
AugustÊ2010
E a s t G i p p s l a n d Vi c to r i a
Grevillea Hybrids
& Cultivars
Dinner Speaker Joe Stephens - Scotia Sanctuary
6.30pm - Dinner - Bairnsdale Sporting Club Great Alpine Road
Lucknow (Fully Licensed venue)
4.15pm - Merv Hodge on Hybrids
3.30pm - New Species - Peter Olde
2.50pm - Grevillea Breeding / Cold Climate Cultivars with
Peter Ollerenshaw
2.30pm - Afternoon tea
Photography
Floral Art - Pat McKeown
1pm - Workshops - Choice of any two Grafting with Richard Vuat, Robert Brown or Phil
Hempel
Growing Grevillea from Seed – Neil Marriott
Growing from Cuttings - Bob Farlow, Geoff Cooke or
Joe Stephens
12 noon - Lunch
11.00am - Grevillea Hybrids and Their Cultivation/Landscaping
with Cultivars - Neil Marriot
10.40am - Morning Tea
Morning and afternoon teas will be available and
participants will receive a boxed lunch at one of the garden stops.
Tambo Vale Nursery & Gardens P/L is set around
native landscaped gardens at Nicholson on the Princes
Highway just 10 km East of Bairnsdale. Bob and Sandra
Farlow are inaugural members of APS Bairnsdale and will
have many interesting Grevillea for sale to seminar visitors.
The Baker’s Garden at
Lakes Entrance lies
between the town and the
forest. This is a fairly new
garden and Ian has a
passion for Grevillea so
you will see how he has
established a lovely garden from scratch
during a period of drought.
The Barr’s Garden at Swan Reach is set on
half an acre and uses every
inch of space to create a
native cottage garden
effect. There are 96 different
Grevillea in this garden.
Hope Haven at
Metung is a one acre,
fully mulched rambling, native
garden with winding paths and
some unusual plants including approx
150 Grevilleas.
9.30am - Official Welcome and Official Opening
9.45am - History of Grevillea -Peter Olde
All buses will leave Nagle College car park at 8am
The Den of Nargun is east of Bairnsdale, not an easy walk but
interesting vegetation.
Paynesville is a delightful township on the lakes
with several good eateries or spots for a picnic.
If visitors wish short, low cost
ventures, some Bairnsdale members
are prepared to escort vehicles to
sights of interest including
Colquhoun Forest, Blonde Bay and
Lake Tyers Hinterland.
The Buchan Caves
have some huge
old introduced trees in their
grounds but plenty of interesting
Native vegetation along
the walking tracks and
the Caves
themselves are a
sight worth seeing.
Cape Conran is
an area of coastal vegetation further
on from Marlo.
The Paddle Steamer Curlip runs from
Marlo and this trip could be combined
with a drive to the valley of the
Cabbage Tree
Palms. Marlo is
100kms from Bairnsdale.
An Electric powered boat can take you onto the tranquil
waters of Lake Tyers with a commentary on the history and
vegetation of the area.
Boat trips from Lakes Entrance include one that does Eco Tours
some will take you to lunch at Metung, The Corque will
transport you to Wyanga Park Winery, north of Lakes Entrance,
for wine tasting and Cafe
Plant sales are arranged so that the first garden on each bus
route will have plants for sale.
The Donnan Garden at Eag le Point is a large, beautifully
designed garden spread over 2 acres with water features and dry
creek beds There are over 2000 named plants and in excess of
100 Grevillea.
Nagle College Presentation Hall,
Lindenow Road, Bairnsdale.
Saturday 21st August 2010
Buses will travel 3 routes; 2 buses each route
The district surrounding Bairnsdale lends itself to day touring.
There are several boat trips on the Gippsland Lakes. Bairnsdale
has its own Art Gallery and there are other individual artist’s
galleries in the area.
YOUR STAY IN EAST GIPPSLAND.
LOVELY PLACES TO VISIT SHOULD YOU EXTEND
Coach tours to Visit 4 Gardens and a Nursery all of which grow a
variety of Grevillea as well as other native plants.
PROGRAM SUNDAY 22ND AUGUST 2010
8.30am - Registration (Tea and biscuits available for those who
need them)
Venue:
Program:
This seminar, hosted by the Australian Native Plants Society East
Gippsland is for enthusiasts of Australian Plants and all gardeners
who wish to know how to include this iconic Australian plant in
their garden and to grow it successfully.
GREVILLEA HYBRIDS, CULTIVARS & NEW SPECIES
8TH FJC ROGERS SEMINAR