8/10/2023 0 Comments Death to stock wallcatWe planted Acacia myrtifolia, or Myrtle Wattle, in October 2014 having always admired the one on Banks Walk at the Australian National Botanic Gardens. We did get some flowers in March 2011, but none of these trees prospered in our garden. This plant forms a shrub, 3m high and wide with long thin curved phyllodes and yellow rod flowers. We planted three different plants of Acacia merinthophora in 2009-2013 as we had seen this plant growing well in friends’ gardens. We had our first showy blooms in September 2015, but this plant sadly died in the dryness of April 2016. This open shrub 1.5-3m high x 2m wide with silver foliage and large yellow ball flowers grows in the wild in the central tablelands of NSW. We planted Acacia leucolobia in November 2013. Our plant grew and flowered but was damaged by winter 2019 and did not recover. This plant forms a rounded shrub to 4m high with yellow rod flowers and is from the arid areas of NT, WA, Queensland and SA. We planted Acacia kempeana, or Witchetty Bush, in September 2009 after admiring it in the Red Centre Garden, Australian National Botanic Gardens. These wattles can be seen in their glory in the outdoor Sculpture Garden of the National Gallery in Canberra. Most plants developed black spot or sooty mould which is both unattractive and interferes with good growth. These were planted in the moist part of the garden which they resented and we removed them and retained them in pots for some months before replanting in a drier spot. This wattle forms a dense weeping shrub to 5m high with narrow blue-green phyllodes with mauve new growth and fragrant lemon ball flowers followed by bunches of silvery seed pods. We planted 10 Acacia iteaphylla, or Flinders Range Wattle, in 2003 as part of our foundation planting. What beautiful leaves this plant has that everyone loved to stroke.Īcacia iteaphylla - Flinders Range Wattle We kept it inside the house but it grew too quickly and too vigorously to stay under cover over winter’19, so it died. This plant grows naturally in Queensland, NT and WA. This plant forms a large shrub to 4m high and 2m wide with large, soft, velvety silvery leaves, rod shaped yellow flowers and twisted seed pods. We planted Acacia holosericea, or Velvet Wattle, in a pot in October 2016. We have planted a new one in April 2021 in a more sheltered position. We planted one in November 2009 and it lasted until November 2014, but was never really happy in the frosty winters. This is a beautiful wattle in a pot and we should try again.Īcacia guinetii, or Golden Gravel Wattle, is a low spreading shrub from WA with grey-green foliage and fluffy gold ball flowers. cognata with coppery new growth which develops into fresh, lime green, wavy, weeping foliage. Even though we put these plants in shade they succumbed to the summer heat. We planted two Acacia ‘Fettucine’ in pots in March 2009 and January 2011, but neither persisted very long. so I was probably over-ambitious to try it, even in an indoor pot. However, it is very cold sensitive and the recommendation is that the minimum temperature should always be more than 10 deg.C. This plant is a spectacular foliage plant with some of the largest phyllodes of all wattles. We planted Acacia dunnii in a pot in March 2015, but it quickly succumbed in November 2015, even though it was well protected and warm indoors. We have other NT acacias which do not mind Canberra frost, but this is not one of them. This plant, 5m high x 1.5m wide, grows in northwestern Queensland and through tropical NT with bluish green leaves and bright yellow rod flowers. We planted Acacia dimidiata in May 2009, but it died in the frost in December 2009. We were disappointed as this is a decorative species from Chinchilla, Queensland, 2m x 2m, with fine ferny foliage and many sprays of golden ball flowers. This plant died in the hot spell or January 2018. We planted Acacia chinchillensis in October 2014, but it did not thrive. This plant comes from WA and is listed as rare. This plant has leafless spiny branches, yellow ball flowers and purplish-grey seed pods. We have tried to grow Acacia aphylla, or Leafless Rock Wattle, twice, in November 2008 and October 2015, but both died after two or three years. Supposed to be hardy and long lived but not, so far, in our garden. This plant forms a slender shrub to 5m high x 3m wide with long fine foliage and yellow rod flowers in spring. We have planted another one and hope to see this one flower. Doesn’t the name Acacia acuminata, or Raspberry Jam Wattle, sound delicious? We planted one in October 2017, but it died during the severe winter of 2018.
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