About
This evergreen tree typically reaches a height of about 8 meters and features finely divided, silver-green foliage resembling ferns. In the spring, it produces fragrant, fluffy yellow blossoms.
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
- Clay, Loam, Sand
- Soil pH
- Acid, Neutral
- Soil moisture
- Well-drained
- Aspect
- East-facing, North-facing, South-facing, West-facing
- Exposure
- Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H4
Plant details
- Plant type
- Trees, Shrubs
- Habit
- Columnar upright, Spreading branched
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Height
- 4-8 metres
- Spread
- 2.5-4 metres
- Time to full height
- 10-20 years
- Suggested uses
- Architectural, City and courtyard gardens, Mediterranean climate plants
- Fragrance
- Flower
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Grow outdoors in neutral to acid well-drained soil in sheltered location with full sun. Suits coastal, courtyard and urban gardens in milder locations, but may need winter protection elsewhere. It is smaller in every respect than Acacia dealbata, but hardier. Resents hard pruning. For more advice see tree cultivation
- Pruning
- Pruning group 1
- Propagation
- Propagate by semi-hardwood cuttings or seed. For more advice see Propagate by seed
- Pest resistance
- May be susceptible to glasshouse red spider mite, fluted scale and mealybugs
- Disease resistance
- May be susceptible to honey fungus