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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Environment
Petra Stock

Spiky blue devils and chocolate lilies: Victorian grassland bursts with wildflowers after ecological ‘reset’

Boorhaman reserve, north of Wangaratta, Victoria.
The wildflower ‘blaze of colour’ at Boorhaman reserve, north of Wangaratta, Victoria. Photograph: Victorian Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action

Thousands of native daisies, aromatic lilies, milkmaids, billy buttons and rare orchids have blossomed in a pocket of north-east Victorian grassland in one of the best wildflower displays in years.

Glen Johnson, an ecologist at Wild Research, said Boorhaman reserve, located north of Wangaratta, was “an amazingly diverse environment from the knees down”.

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