About
Acacia pravissima is an evergreen shrub that can reach heights of over 5 meters. It features dense, triangular phyllodes that resemble leaves and produces clusters of small, vibrant yellow flower heads during late winter and early spring.
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
- Soil pH
- Acid, Neutral
- Soil moisture
- Well-drained
- Aspect
- South-facing, West-facing
- Exposure
- Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H3
Plant details
- Plant type
- Conservatory Greenhouse, Shrubs
- Habit
- Bushy
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Height
- 2.5-4 metres
- Spread
- 1.5-2.5 metres
- Time to full height
- 5-10 years
- Suggested uses
- City and courtyard gardens, Coastal, Mediterranean climate plants
- Native to
- SE Australia
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Grow in neutral to acid, well-drained soil in a sheltered site with full sun. Ideal for the conservatory, grow under glass in peat-free, ericaceous or loam-based potting compost in full light. Water sparingly in winter.
- Pruning
- Pruning group 8 or pruning group 13 for wall-trained specimens
- Propagation
- Propagate by seed at a minimum of 18°C in spring or root semi-hardwood cuttings in summer
- Pest resistance
- May be susceptible to glasshouse red spider mite, fluted scale and mealybugs
- Disease resistance
- May be susceptible to honey fungus