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Issues 1 to 11 of Australian Plants online are available from the links below.

Getting Started 2: The Soil - Part 2 in our series about the basics.
Australian Plants in Their Own Garden - Bush Tales from the northern Flinders Ranges..
Tissue Culture of Grevillea Species at Mt Annan Botanic Garden - Tissue culture is an important technique for conservation of endangered species.
Leptospermum - Tea trees are well known but relatively few are grown in gardens.
Attracting Native Birds into Your Garden - A garden filled with birds is just a matter of correct planting.
The Romance of Haloragodendron lucasii - A rare plant rediscovered in suburban Sydney.
Butterfly Mania - Why would you want to encourage insects that eat your plants? Lots of reasons....
Short Cuts - Ants: Good or Not-so-good in the Bush?; Symphionema; The Orchid Which Catches Stingless Bees; Hibbertia; Pruning Australian Native Plants; Sheer Exhilaration! Growing Sturt's Desert Pea.
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Getting Started 1: Myths and Fables - A new series about the basics.
Growing Darwinia - Grafting holds the key to successful growing of these spectacular plants.
Flowers.....Who Needs em?!!! - There's more to an interesting Australian garden than colourful flowers.
Commercial Propagation of Australian Wildflowers.
Associations Among Plants, Birds and Insects - How these relationships can effect back-yard ecology.
Blue Mountains Wilderness - A journey into the rugged country of the Coxs and Kowmung Rivers.
Aboriginal Uses of Plants Around Sydney - Plant species used for food, tools and medicines
Short Cuts - Growing Ptilotus in Sydney; Junk Food Kills Birds; An Unusual Propagation Method; Coppice Gardening - Adopting An Old Forestry Practice; Germinating Seeds in Plastic Bags; Wallabies at the Bottom of the Garden
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Floral Emblems - Eucalyptus globulus (Tasmania).
Australian Climbing Plants - What goes up.......usually stays there!
Medicinal Properties and Bush Foods of eucalypts - Eucalypts have proved highly valuable to both aborigines and European settlers.
A Protean Garden in California - Australian and South African plants florish far from home.
An Introduction to Ferns - Some hardy ferns for cultivation, indoors and outside.
A Short History of Grevillea cultivation in England - Grevilleas were introduced in the "old dart" as early as 1792!
Using Spaces and Styles in Overall Garden Design - How to achieve a practical and spaceous landscape
Short Cuts - Mycorrhizas in native flora; Growing grasses; The Wee Jasper Grevillea; Autumn - a time to rejuvinate the garden; The Ranunculus family in OZ; The genus Lomatia
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Floral Emblems - Wahlenbergia gloriosa (Australian Capital Territory).
A Simple Botany of Wattles - the characteristics of the genus Acacia.
The Flowering Sands - Flora of the "Wallum" (coastal heath).
Bunya Feast - Bunya pines produce a bountiful harvest.
Phosphorus Needs of Australian Plants - Removing the uncertainty regarding phosphorus toxicity.
Re-establishing Local Bushland in Suburban Melbourne.
Dyeing with Eucalypts - Adding colour to wool.....
Short Cuts - Growing plants from seed; Plant nomenclature; Getting the priorities right; Hakea trineura - a geographical oddity; Around the "S" bend; Growing grass trees.
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Floral Emblems - Anigozanthos manglesii (Western Australia).
The Quandong (Santalum acuminatum) - a desert plant with a big future.
Meeting the challenge of propagating the Quandong.
Australian plants as weeds at home and abroad.
Australian Native Poisonous Plants.
Protecting and creating habitat in bushland and local parks and gardens.
Australian Hibiscus (and relatives) in pots.
Short Cuts - From tree to seed; Tea tree oil; The "Bog Method" for germinating seed; Viruses and orchids; Eremophila racemosa - Back from the brink; Eight ways to kill cuttings.
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Floral Emblems - Gossypium sturtianum (Northern Territory)
Grey and Silver Plants in the Australian Garden
Australian Plants in California
Australian Plants for Bonsai
Gardening by Computer
Germination Trials with Eremophila species
Growing Callistemons in Large Pots
Short Cuts - Growing dendrobiums; Vegetative propagation of eucalypts; Striking cuttings in winter; Australian plants and the senses; Botanical terminology; Preventing disease in potting mixes
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Floral Emblems - Telopea speciossissima (New South Wales)
Grow your own Rainforest
Capricornia Cuisine - Bush Tucker in Central Queensland
Revegetating for Habitat in Parks, Gardens and Roadsides
Pests and Diseases of Australian Plants
Australian Proteaceae in Pots
Starlight's Banksia - A new Banksia for eastern Australia
Short Cuts - Pasteurised cutting/potting mix; Pruning to rejuvenate; The white waratah; The blueberry ash; Propagation of ferns; Trigger plants
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Floral Emblems - Epacris impressa (Victoria)
Cultivation and Propagation of Boronia and its Relatives
Australian Plants as Cut Flowers
Small-growing Eucalypts
Correas and Birds
Bringing Back the Bush
Three (More) Rogue Aussies!
Short Cuts - Macro Results - Micro Method!; Grevillea rara Surfaces Again!; The Protean Legend (More or Less....); A Frog - friendly Garden; How Does One Sharpen Sand?; Potting on Seedlings
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Floral Emblems - Dendrobium bigibbum (Queensland)
The Impact of Fire - An Historical Perspective
Planning for All-Year Colour
Views of the Australian Flora - The First Settlers
Rediscovery of Grevillea batrachioides
Murphy's Laws of Gardening
The Golden Everlasting - Bracteantha bracteata
Short Cuts - Spirited Plants; Dusky - The Runaway Coral Pea; Growing Rhododendron lochiae; A Spider in the Rain Gauge; Cuttings and Myths
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Floral Emblems - Swainsona formosa (South Australia)
Fragrant Australian Plants
Tower Hill - Large Scale Revegetation in Victoria
Early English Views of the Australian Flora
Rediscovery of Grevillea williamsonii
Corymbia - New Genus in the Eucalypts
Use of Smoke for Germination
Short Cuts - Smoke Treatment for Baeckea behrii; Nardoo Sporocarps; Banksias, Sand and Superphosphate; Underground Orchid Found; Simple Propagation in Water
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Floral Emblems - Acacia pycnantha (Australia)
Flannel Flowers
Phosphorus and Iron Nutrition
Early Dutch Views of the Australian Flora
A Different View of Plant Pests
Australian Plants in California
Grafting Mint Bushes
Short Cuts - Grevilleas from Seed; History of Callistemon Cultivation; Legionnaire's Disease; Seed Treatment for "Pea"-Type Plants; Ethics of Non-Indigenous Plants
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Australian Plants online - December 1998
The Society for Growing Australian Plants