Association of Societies for Growing Australian Plants Ref No. ISSN 0725-8755 Newsletter No. 85 – February 2010 GSG VIC Programme 2010 GSG S.E. QLD Programme 2010 For more details contact Neil Marriott (Vic Morning tea at 9.30am, meetings commence at Leader), on (03) 5356 2404 or 0458 177 989, or 10.00am. For more information contact Noreen email [email protected] Baxter on (07) 3202 5008 or Beverley Leggett on (07) 3870 8517. Grevillea rosmarinifolia search Sunday, 28 February 2010 around Malbourne Sunday, 28 February 2010 VENUE : Bev & Bill Weir, 151 Warriewood St., Chandler, 4151 Any members interested in helping the search for VENUE: Bev & Bill Weir, as many populations of Grevillea rosmarinifolia PHONE : 151(07) Warriewood3245 4537 St., Chandler, 4151 and its close relatives north and north-east of SUBJECT : Pruning & General Maintenance PHONE: (07) 3245 4537 Melbourne should contact Neil Marriott or Geoff Sunday, 25 April 2010 Roche [email protected] by SUBJECT: Pruning & General Maintenance VENUE : Laylee Purchase, phone or email ASAP. We will be organising the Newsletter No. 85 Newsletter No. 41 Rocklyn St, Toowoomba, 4350 search for some time in mid to late March. It will Sunday, 18 April 2010 PHONE : (07) 4630 2211 be concentrating on the Plenty River Gorge, Yarra (Note date – 25th is ANZAC Day so meeting SUBJECT : Grevilleas of the Canning Stock Route Gorge and surrounding areas so members from brought forward one week) the Yarra Yarra Group are urged to attend. This Sunday, 27 June 2010 work will assist Peter Olde in his research into the VENUE: Laylee N ev & ShirleyPurchase, Deeth, Grevillea rosmarinifolia complex. 4119 RocklynRichards Street, Road, Toowoomba,Samford, 4520 4350 PHONE: (07) 46303289 22112466 SUBJECT : Grevilleas affected by Phytophora Inside this issue: SUBJECT: Grevilleas of the Canning Stock Route Sunday, 29 August 2010 Special All power thanks to the to splitters Neil Marriott and Geoff Roche from the Victoria chapter for this fantastic edition VENUE : Helen Howard, Good Earth Nursery, 10517 Field trip report of the newsletter. Please note deadlines on back New England Highway, Highfields, 4352 Pronunciation of Grevillea names Part 3 page for the following newsletter. PPleaseHONE : note:(07) Change4698 7233 of address reminder “A mob of wankers!” The post office box we had for a number of SUBJECT : New ideas in grafting and interesting Noisy Miners years has newnow Grevilleas been cancelled. Please forward ‘Recovery Plan for Grevillea celata (Colquhoun Grevillea)’ all correspondence for the Treasurer and A new feature garden for small shrubs at Panrock Ridge Newsletter Editor to 32 Blanche Street OATLEY A major new native garden SpecialNSW 2223. thanks to Neil Marriot, Geoff Roche and Max McDowall from the Victoria chapter for this splendid Grevilleas in our Melbourne garden edition of the newsletter. Please note deadlines on Grevillea chrysophaea research back page for the following newsletter. Inside A rare this yellow issue: flowered form of Grevillea dimorpha Field trip report – Grevillea rosmarinifolia sensu McGillivray Pronunciation of Grevillea names Part 3 Peter Olde “A mob of wankers!” In recent times, in what little spare time can be found, Other members undertook studies that were never I haveAll power commenced to the splittersthe work of indexing the Grevillea written up. The studies written up were used by John Study Noisy Group Miners newsletters. They make interesting Wrigley and Rodger Elliot in their respective works on reading even today. One of the great achievements Grevillea prior to publication of The Grevillea Book. ‘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 small shrubs at Panrock Ridge members took ownership of a particular species studies once more. There are many species complexes Editorial with A majora view new to reportingnative garden on its variation. Ian Evans throughout the country that would greatly benefit from did an excellent study of Grevillea obtecta, Alan Grevilleas in our Melbourne garden such detailed study. Species that come to mind are Foster undertook a study and reported on Grevillea Grevillea acuaria, Grevillea alpina, Grevillea aquifolium, rosmarinifolia Grevillea chrysophaea, Bill Molyneux research gave an excellent report 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 > buxifolia, Grevillea chrysophaea, Grevillea deflexa, If you would like to assist with indexing the Study Grevillea didymobotrya, Grevillea diversifolia, Group Newsletters, this would also be greatly Grevillea fasciculata Grevillea floribunda, Grevillea appreciated. We have many members who claim hakeoides, Grevillea hookeriana, Grevillea to be active but I have no actual evidence of this. huegelii, Grevillea lanigera, Grevillea lavandulacea, Let’s get back to making this a real community Study Grevillea leptobotrys, Grevillea linearifolia, Grevillea Group, where the members make real contributions. mucronulata, Grevillea oleoides, Grevillea oligantha, At present, the newsletter production is more widely Grevillea oncogyne, Grevillea parallela, Grevillea spread between the three eastern states but each patulifolia, Grevillea pectinata, Grevillea pilulifera, state could benefit from a greater participation Editorial Grevillea pteridifolia, Grevillea pulchella, Grevillea from its members in presenting their respective pungens, Grevillea refracta, Grevillea repens, newsletters. Let’s face it, interesting articles can be Grevillea sericea, Grevilles speciosa, Grevillea easily compiled from a Google search. Just type in trifida, Grevillea vestita, Grevillea willisii. There are a species or cultivar name and you can make up many others, perhaps one that grows near you. If a good, worthwhile article. The book on Grevillea you are interested to undertake such ownership Cultivars will be published this year. It will include with a view to writing a study group report, please treatments of all known cultivar species and hybrid contact me. A ‘Rosmarinifolia Interest Group’ has cultivars. There are so many taxa involved that it will already begun with a view to studying variation in probably require two volumes instead of one. Barring this species and an ‘Alpina Interest Group’ is also production hold-ups, Neil and I are hoping to release underway. If you would like to join these studies, you the new work at the Fred Rogers Seminar being held must be an active member prepared to do the job in Bairnsdale on Aug 21–22. Hopefully we will have as well as you can. I hope to link these studies with more news on this in the next newsletter. taxonomic work. Geoff Roche All power to the splitters by man. The dangers of joining are nowhere more evident than on revegetation projects such as As many of you will be aware Pete is currently freeway roadsides. If all populations are lumped undertaking a revue of Grevillea rosmarinifolia. under G. rosmarinifolia, too often what is planted I don’t wish to pre-empt this as I’m sure that he is the most commonly available and toughest will enlighten us further as his study advances. form, that from the Broken River area. This form is widely planted by various authorities who believe Suffice to say that there are likely to be some new that they are planting indigenous plants. Then the species and sub species. This merely confirms In the wild hybrid problem is exacerbated as these plants what those of us who live with G. rosmarinifolia cross with truly indigenous forms. have suspected for many years. One doesn’t need to be a botanist to recognise that there Rosies are very promiscuous and they are are significant morphological differences between renowned for crossing with other species, such populations spread over a wide area of Victoria as Grevillea alpina and Grevillea lanigera. This and New South Wales. pollution of indigenous plants, however well- intentioned, means that we are in danger of A number of study group members have been losing truly indigenous forms. Pete will undoubtly assisting with Pete’s study, guiding him to split G. rosmarinifolia and we should support his populations and generally focusing our explorations endeavours. on this species. A major difficulty we have come across concerns the number of hybrids/garden Those of you who live in areas where the “species” escapees which really confuse matters, specially grows could make an important contribution by where the impact of man has been greatest. letting him know. These studies should not be looked upon as merely an intellectual exercise. Only This I believe highlights a major weakness in if the various authorities are informed, that plants the “joiners”, those botanists who choose to from the areas to be revegetated are significant, lump diverse populations under the banner of G. and not merely some widespread generic species rosmarinifolia. Of course all this work is to a certain will we achieve true revegetation and ensure the extent subjective and an artificial construct imposed survival of our unique and diverse flora. February 2010 Grevillea Study Group No.