12. . On your right is paludosa with plain gold brushes (photo below left). This A publication of the Friends of the Australian National grows naturally in the open forests and Botanic woodlands of central and south eastern with an outlying population on the north coast near Kempsey. 11 - 24 April 2018 Featuring the of the Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra, ACT written and 15 14 illustrated by Friends Rosalind and Benjamin Walcott 12,13 11 Today we will walk up the Main Path to see many in 8 9,10 13. Still on your right is 7 var. spinulosa, or Hairpin Banksia, with long 6 orange , which is found in open forests and woodlands of the coasts and of 5 New South Wales and (photo 2,3 above right). 14. On your left is ‘Red Clusters’ , a small tree with green -like 4 foliage and very large orange-red cones (photo below left). 1. On the right is Epacris impressa , a straggly 1 bush with bright pink tubular flowers (photo above). The pink-flowered form seen here is often referred to as Pink Heath, and is the of the state of . It is found in southern New South Wales, Victoria, South and throughout . 2. Cross the bridge, go past the café and then veer down to your right towards the Crosbie Morrison Building to see on your left Correa 15. On your right is celsissima alba with grey-green with silver backs or Ivory Curl, a small tree with fragrant dense and white star flowers (photo next page top left). terminal clusters of cylindrical ivory flower This correa is a popular and reliable in the spikes (photo above right). This tree grows . It is native to eastern coastal regions naturally only in the wet tropics areas of Australia from northern NSW to Tasmania of north eastern Queensland. and eastern South Australia. 6. As you turn left up the hill in a pot on your 9. Banksia ericifolia subsp. ericifolia or right is Scaevola ramosissima with purple Heath Banksia, further on your left, is a 5-part flowers with white centres and green long-flowering, medium-sized with leaves without stems (photo below left). This attractive divided foliage and long orange plant is found along the eastern coastal areas (photo below left). It is native of Australia as far north as southern to New South Wales, but has naturalised in Queensland. small numbers in Victoria

3. Also on your left is saligna ‘Rosy Glow’ a small neat bush with pink star flowers (photo above right).

7. On your left is var. integrifolia (prostrate form), a vigorous groundcover with dark green leaves with silver 10. Still on your left is Banksia spinulosa var. backs and upright yellow-green cones on a neoanglica , or New England Banksia, with versatile and hardy plant native to coastal silver backed dark green foliage with eastern Australia (photo above right). yellow/gold brushes held upright (photo above 4. On your right is ‘Robyn Gordon’ right). This shrub grows along the east coast with deeply divided green foliage and red/pink of Queensland and New South Wales. flowers (photo above).This plant is very popular 11. Behind on your left is and has been planted widely in Australia and subsp. pencillata or Newnes Plateau other countries. It is a chance from the Banksia, a small tree covered in short green garden of the late David Gordon of Myall Park, cones with grey ends to the flowers and Glenmorgan, Queensland. sometimes a velvety brown nose protruding from the top of the flower (photos below). This plant is found in a restricted area of the Blue Mountains, NSW.

8. Go up the steps and follow the Main Path up the hilll to see on your right Livistona australis , or Cabbage-tree Palm, with light green fans of leaves and viciously thorned 5. On your left is Callistemon citrinus stems (photo above). In the wild it grows further ‘Splendens’, a small tree with weeping foliage south than any other palm in Australia and is and bright red brushes beloved by spinebills found along coastal areas of Victoria, New and wattlebirds (photo above). South Wales and Queensland.