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The current storage method at the new Herbarium site at Mt Annan

National Herbarium finds new home

02/05/2022 admin 803 Views 0 Comments

By Karen Smith

Over one million plant specimens valued at $280 million have now moved to the National Herbarium of NSW at Mount Annan Botanical Gardens after almost 170 years at the Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney.

Recent extreme weather events have really focused attention on how frail the environment has become.… Continue reading

Anigozanthos ‘Masquerade’

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The development of the blue kangaroo paw

07/04/2022 Digby Growns 1226 Views 0 Comments

By Digby Growns

All images are supplied by Kings Park and Botanic Gardens

Ground-breaking plant hybridisation research at Kings Park and Botanic Gardens in Perth, Western Australia, has produced a range of novel-coloured kangaroo paws including the first blue cultivar, ‘Masquerade’.… Continue reading