Acacia Cultriformis

Price:

$110.00 (including GST)

Common Name:

KNIFE LEAF WATTLE

PLEASE NOTE: Orders are by full tray only. Each tray contains 40 plants. When ordering, please choose how many trays you would like.

WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE:

Bushy, medium to tall shrub.
The triangular-shaped phyllodes (hence the common name) are crowded along the branches.
The size of the phyllode varies from 20 to 30 millimetres long by 6 to 14 millimetres wide and bluish green in colour.
There is a prominent gland on the upper margin.
The inflorescences comprise up to 40 very small staminate flowers carried in the globular heads.
The heads, on some plants, are almost oval in shape.
The heads are in racemes of up to 25 in leaf axils; bright yellow and cover plants in mid spring.
The pods, that follow the flowers, are linear and up to 70 millimetres long.

WHERE IT GROWS & WHY:

Occurs on the western slopes of NSW.
It appears to have several growth habits. Central NSW plants seem to be tall, upright shrubs. Planted specimens, near Tamworth, also central NSW, are rounded shrubs reaching a height of two metres.
It has naturalise doutside of its natural range and is considered to have weedy potential.
Plants are very daxxling when in full bloom and the grey sharply-shaped foliage also creates interest. It is very hardy on a range of soils. Grow in an open area in full sun for best effect.
It can be a weed outside its natural range. Good garden practice can include cutting off seed-pods before they are mature.

MANAGEMENT/SIGNIFICANCE:

It can be a weed outside its natural range. Good garden practice can include cutting off seed-pods before they are mature.

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