Botanical Name: Acacia longifolia (Acacia latifolia)
Common Name: Sydney golden wattle Type of Plant: dicot: tree/shrub Character evergreen Habit of Growth: Overall Shape an upright to spreading, mostly single-trunked plant, with arching and spreading branches forming a dense rounded canopy; outer branches are sometimes pendulous Height 10-20' (30') Spread equal Growth Rate rapid Environment: Exposure outdoors full or partial sun Soil well-draining soils are established; avoid wet adobe Hardiness some frost (zones 8, 9, 14-24); grows best in warm sun Morphology: Leaves phyllodes: alternate, narrowly elliptic or oval; 3-6" long, bright green, leathery Flowers yellow, tiny, in 2-3" long spikes; axillary; March-June Fruit a pod: 3-5" long; not strongly constricted between seeds Propagation: semihardwood cuttings, seed Usage: a very widely used plant, suitable as a fast-growing background mass or screen; for erosion control on slopes; easily pruned Landscape Care: Watering an occasional deep soak; becomes fairly drought-tolerant; very susceptible to over-watering Fertilizing balanced, in spring and late summer Pruning as a shrub, very little as a tree, head high when young Pests/Diseases relatively free Special Conditions/Other Origin: Eastern Australia Family: Fabaceae Notes: |
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