About
Acacia boormanii is a perennial shrub characterized by its dense, bushy form and slender foliage. In late winter to early spring, it produces numerous fragrant flower clusters that are a vivid lemon-yellow.
About the genus
Acacia comprises a variety of forms including deciduous or evergreen trees, shrubs, and climbing plants. The leaves can be either alternate and pinnately compound or consist of simple, modified leaf-like structures known as phyllodes. These plants produce small flowers, which may be fragrant, arranged in short spikes, racemes, or spherical clusters.
Growing conditions
- Sunlight
- Full sun
- Soil type
- Loam, Sand, Clay
- Soil pH
- Acid, Neutral
- Soil moisture
- Well-drained
- Aspect
- South-facing, West-facing
- Exposure
- Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H3
Plant details
- Plant type
- Shrubs
- Habit
- Suckering, Clump forming, Bushy
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Height
- 2.5-4 metres
- Spread
- 1.5-2.5 metres
- Time to full height
- 10-20 years
- Suggested uses
- City and courtyard gardens, Coastal, Patio and container plants, Mediterranean climate plants
- Native to
- Australia (Victoria, NSW)
- Fragrance
- Flower
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Grow in neutral to acid, well-drained soil in a sheltered site in full sun. For more information see tree cultivation.
- Pruning
- Pruning group 8 or pruning group 13 for wall-trained shrubs
- Propagation
- Propagate by semi-ripe cuttings in mid summer.
- Pest resistance
- May be susceptible to glasshouse red spider mite, fluted scale and mealybugs
- Disease resistance
- May be susceptible to honey fungus