AUSTRALIAN PLANTS ONLINE


Number 15...September 1999
ISSN 1326-7469


Australian Plants online is published in March, June, September and December by the Society for Growing Australian Plants, a non-profit organisation dedicated to the growing, conservation, promotion and appreciation of Australian native plants.


First Cuttings
Odds and Ends
"Australian Plants"...in print!!! Garden ethics; 300 Years since Dampier; New hybrid eucalypts.

Features

Getting Started 6: Planting Out

How to give that new plant its best chance in an unfriendly world!

Plants, Animals and Sex!

The X-rated activities that go on in the hidden parts of your garden

The Weeping Emu Bush

The plant which loves the desert and its solitude

Understanding Soils and Nutrients - Part 3

The chemicals that determine how well you plants grow

Cultivation of Dryandra

Try some of Western Australia's most spectacular wildflowers

Hidden Treasures....a personal view

A brief history of evolution and utilization of the Australian flora

The Blooming Lilly Pilly

Popular plants in cultivation...even if the origin of the name "lilly pilly" is a mystery!


Departments

Electronic Mailbox

Problems, comments, suggestions...and a few answers.

Short Cuts

The Ingnitability of Leaves of Australian Plants; Two Rare New South Wales' Grevilleas; The Leaning Trees of Greenough; Fireweed; a Spreading Pest of Eastern Australia; Mountain Devils; Positive Pavonia

A Good Read

Reviews of some publications on the Australian flora.

Net Watch

Sites worth visiting...would we lie???!

Back Issues

...see what you've missed and download early articles!




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The deadline for the December 1999 issue is 15 November 1999


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  • Opinions expressed in this publication are those of the authors and may not represent official policy of the Society for Growing Australian Plants. The copyright of all articles and images remains with the authors. Photographs in this issue are copyright Brian Walters unless otherwise indicated.

    Editor: Brian Walters



    Australian Plants online - September 1999
    Issue date: 28 September 1999

    Association of Societies for Growing Australian Plants