Botanical Name: Acacia saligna
Common Name: Willow acacia
Type of Plant: dicot: tree
Character evergreen
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape upright, oval to rounded tree. Graceful weeping branches with long narrow leaves - leaves somewhat larger during juvenile growth
Height 10' - 20'
Spread 15' -25'
Growth Rate rapid
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoors prefers full sun
Soil prefers a well-drained soil - keep fairly dry
Hardiness some frost (zones 14-24); does well in most warm climates
 
Morphology:
Leaves phyllodia 6-8" long, 1/2" - 3/4" wide, alternate on stems – dark green, glabrous
Flowers March, rounded, yellow puffs to 3/4" diameter
Fruit brown pod 3" long, 1/2" wide
 
Propagation:
seed
 
Usage:
quick screen, background plant or informal hedge - erosion control; flowers at a young age, so can be effective as a quick, temporary background
 
Landscape Care:
Watering keep on the dry side afterfirst year - very short-lived where watering is heavy
Fertilizing none
Pruning keep to single trunk, stake when young
Pests/Diseases root rot where drainage is poor
Special Conditions/Other
 
Origin: Western Australia
Family: Fabaceae

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