‘Plants of the Great South West’, book on plants of South West Victoria AUSTRALIAN PLANTS SOCIETY (SGAP) $20, available from Kevin Sparrow at Warrnambool & District Group Inc. Newsletter [email protected] MAY 2019 No 448 Ph: 55626217 Correa reflexa ‘Grannys Grave’ www.facebook.com/warrnamboolsgap Like us on Facebook Incorporation No: AOO1312OX ABN: 51672752196 Web: apswarrnambool.org.au Email: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] EDITORIAL Hi members, What a great day we had on Wednesday in Colac visiting APS Colac Otway and attending the talk by Kevin Collins from WA. I know we all learnt something from his talk. Kevin and wife, Kathy established the Banksia Farm at Mt. Barker in WA and have every banksia growing in it. See report on page 4. This month it is time again for our Annual Meeting, We have members nominated for all positions on the committee so there is no reason to avoid coming along. We get the AGM over pretty quickly so there is still plenty of time for the rest of the night and if you really would like to have a go on the committee, please let us know, we would always find room for one more. In this months newsletter: As our tour of the Byaduk Caves and Harmens Valley, had to be cancelled due to weather, it has been rescheduled to July 27th. See Diary page 2 Correa Study Group—Correa Crawl is on June 8/9/10th See itinerary page 3. Warrnambool members welcome to attend on Saturday 8th. Thank you to Kerry Artis for the Display Table Report on page 5 and 6. Report on our last Members Night see page 7 Gardens For Wildlife see page 8 Coastal Connections by Jarred Obst on page 9. Plant of the Month: See page 10. Our speaker this month is Jacqui Balazs from Warrnambool City Council who will be speaking to us on the draft Warrnambool Coastal Management Plan and she will be looking for our input into it.. That’s about all for this month, see you next Friday. Don’t forget to bring something along from your garden. Cheers, Kevin We wish to acknowledge the Maar people as the traditional owners of the land on which we live and pay our respects to their elders past and present. Next Meeting: Friday 26th April 8.00pm - Speaker, Jacqui Balazs—Draft Coastal Management Plan Australian Plants Society - Warrnambool & District Group May 2019 Newsletter GroupGroup Diary Diary Of Of Activities Activities Group Diary Of Activities May 24th: AGM / Jacqui Balazs speaking on the Warrnambool CC Aug 23rd: Reto & Yvonne speaking on their time in the Kimberleys. Draft Coastal Management Plan. Aug 27th: Committee Meeting TBA May 28th: Committee Meeting at Sherwoods at 5.00pm. Sept 27th: Dave Williams, Maremma Dogs and Bandicoots. June 8/9/10th: Correa Study Group visit to Warrnambool, Portland and beyond. See Page 3 for details. Oct 1st: Committee Meeting TBA June 28th: Toni Ryan speaking on Hooded Plovers at Belfast Coastal Oct 25th: Members Night - Speaker Adam Miller - Friends of the Reserve. Forgotten Woodlands July 2nd: Committee Meeting at Sparrows at 5.00pm. Oct 29th: Committee Meeting TBA July: No members Night planned. Nov 16/17th: Replenish our Planet Festival at Koroit BG. July 27th: Visit to Byaduk Caves and Harmen’s Valley. Nov 22nd: Members Night. TBA Meet at Swan Reserve at 11.00am. Bring sturdy shoes/boots, long trousers, torch and afternoon tea. Includes BBQ lunch (provided) at Dec 7th: Xmas Breakup and BBQ Byaduk North Recreation Reserve. Spring 2020: Proposed APS Vic. Quarterly Meeting in Warrnambool. Please submit your articles for the newsletter by the end of the second week of the month President: Dorothy Mattner Phone: 55676477 [email protected] Vice President: Kevin Sparrow Ph: 55626217 Secretary: Mike Halls, 127 Rooneys Rd, Warrnambool 3280 Phone: 55626519 Email: [email protected] Treasurer: John Sherwood. 26 McConnell St, Warrnambool Phone: 55628064 Email: [email protected] Newsletter Editor: Kevin Sparrow, 35 Swan Street, Warrnambool. Phone: 55626217 Email: [email protected] Public Officer: John Sherwood. APS Reps: vacant, Group Historian: Joyce Sparrow. Supper Organiser: Liz Halls. Other Committee Members: Kerry Artis, Michael Mattner. Bob Artis, Andrew Gray, Joan Krygger The APS Warrnambool & District holds meetings on the 4th Friday of each month at the Mozart Hall Warrnambool at 8pm. APS Warrnambool & District is a District Group of the Australian Plants Society (Vic) All members are required to also be a member of APS Vic. 2 Australian Plants Society - Warrnambool & District Group May 2019 Newsletter Correa Study Group - Correa Crawl Itinerary June 8/9/10th 2019 Prepared by Cherree Densley on behalf of the group Saturday 8th 9.00am - 10.00am: Meet up in Warrnambool at Swan Reserve, Princes Highway, Warrnambool with Kevin Sparrow for a walk around the Swan Reserve Garden and hear about how Warrnambool & District APS group selected and named local correas. Please park in Spence Street along the sandstone wall. Note: Kevin will have copies of his plant book for sale at $20 each. This book describes most of the plants of south west Victoria including the correas. * Leave around 10.00am and travel to and visit Codrington Nursery where you will be able purchase many different correas and other native plants. * Travel to Mt. Clay where you will explore some of Cherree's favourite sandy tracks. * In Portland, view correas along the track to the Gannet Rookery and other tracks around the Alcoa smelter such as Thistle Road. * If there is still enough light, travel to and walk around the Cape Nelson Lighthouse Reserve. * Meet up for a meal at the Gordon Hotel, Portland. Sunday 9th 9.00am: Meet up at the Shell Service Station, Henty Highway, Cashmore Road corner for the trip to Mt Richmond and environs. Here we will meet up with Dave Pitts (Parks Vic) who will be our co-guide for the day. The program today will be decided on closer to the date depending on where the correas are out in flower. Information will be provided on the day. Note: Take care, there are often logging trucks travelling on the Nelson Road. * At 7.00pm, we will meet at the Nelson Hotel for a meal and cutting swap. Bring along your special cuttings for swapping. Monday 10th 9.00am - 10.00am: Meet at the boat mooring on the Mt Gambier side of the Glenelg River for a boat trip up stream includes Morning Tea. Cost of this is $20 each. Program for the rest of the morning to be decided. Travel home Monday afternoon or leave when it suits you. Notes: Bring along your name tags. * We will travel in convoy, so attach pink ribbons to your vehicle. * No cuttings are to be collected from bushland * GPS only for future exploration. * 12 people have booked for the weekend. * Booking made for 12 people at Nelson Hotel for dinner Sunday night 7.00pm. * Warrnambool members may join in on Saturday only or boat trip Monday. Contact for more information: Cherree Densley 0427 504 228 To join the Correa Study Group and get a free newsletter, contact Dot or Bob O'Neil on 0428 882 068 3 Australian Plants Society - Warrnambool & District Group May 2019 Newsletter Group Visit To APS Colac Otway By Kevin Sparrow On Wednesday, 11 members travelled to Colac to visit our friends at APS Colac Otway, speakers at their Members Night, were Kevin & Kathy Collins (Owners of the Banksia Farm at Mt Barker, WA). We met up at Paul Kennedy’s home (pictured) for a tour around his gardens lead by Kevin Collins. Also present was Cherree and Ian Densley and Geoff Beilby. Following this, it was off to the local nursery (owned by APS Member, Rao) where he showed us inside his propagation house. Here we had an unexpected shower when the sprinklers came on! Our members have never moved so fast in their lives!! We all came away (a bit wet) with some cutting samples growing roots in peat plugs. We all had something to take home and pot up. After a meal at the local bowls club, we attended the talk by Kevin Collins, there was a great attendance of some 33 people, shows the depth of knowledge and respect people have for him. He spoke for an hour and a half, without a Powerpoint presentation and we all came away knowing a lot more about banksias. What a wonderful afternoon and evening we had, very enjoyable and thanks to Paul Kennedy for helping to arrange everything. Photo: Bob Artis 4 Australian Plants Society - Warrnambool & District Group May 2019 Newsletter April Display Table by Kerry Artis Correas are starting to flower now and Kevin Sparrow brought along a number, including ‘Autumn Blaze’, re- flexa, a pink hybrid, glabra var turnbullii and ‘Split Belle’, all looking great at the moment. Hoya australis is a beautiful, twining climber, bearing umbels of white, waxy flowers which have a strong scent. It has set seed pre- viously and can be grown from cutting. Hakea ‘Burrendong Beauty’ has prickly leaves and bright pink flowers all along the stems which the bees love. Hakea cycloptera and Hakea scoparia are both flowering with scoparia’s flowers starting off cream and ending up pink. Eremophila glabra Tar Bush is a very variable shrub growing to 2.5m high with smooth or hairy leaves and tubular flowers to 3cm long in yellow, green or red, which appear most of the year. It is a very hardy plant and can be grown from cutting or grafted onto Myoporum root- stock. Mike Halls showed us Templetonia retusa Cockie’s Tongue, (photo right) a rounded, spreading shrub up to 2m which has large, red pea-flowers, requires good drainage, does well in limestone soils and is resistant to salt spray.