Australian Daisy Study Group - Australian Native Plants Society (Australia)

Australian Daisy Study Group

CLOSED

This Group was formed to study the cultivation and propagation of Australia’s native daisies – the family Asteraceae. The work of the group resulted in the publication of three books:

Australian Daisy Study Group (1995), Australian Brachyscomes, Australian Daisy Study Group.*

Insert to ‘Australian Brachyscomes‘: Chart of Brachyscome Fruits

Australian Daisy Study Group (1987), Australian Daisies for Gardens and Floral Art, Lothian.*

Australian Daisy Study Group (2002), Everlasting Daisies of Australia, C.H. Jerram & Associates.*

* Electronic version included with the permission of the authors (These are large files and may take some time to download or view)

Although this Study Group is now closed, during its period of operation the Group produced a series of highly detailed newsletters documenting reports from members into cultivation issues, propagation methods, natural occurrences of different species and taxonomy.

[Main Image: Xerochrysum bracteatum, Paper Daisy (Brian Walters)]

Newsletters

During its period of operation, the Study Group issued over 80 comprehensive newsletters all of which, as well as two indexes, are available for downloading. The Group went into recess in mid 2008 and, as far as is known, was not subsequently re-activated. Note that the earliest issues were published as the Brachyscome/Helipterum Study Group – the name was changed to Australian Daisy Study Group with Newsletter No. 15 in recognition of the expanded interest of the Group.

The Group’s newsletters are provided here as an archive. The newsletters are in pdf format and will require a PDF Reader to view them. (Free readers include Foxit Reader and Adobe Acrobat Reader).

There are also indexes to issues 14 to 19.

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