Acacia Pendula

Price:

$110.00 (including GST)

Common Name:

WEEPING MYALL

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:

Erect or spreading tree, 4–13 m high, with a rounded crown of drooping, grey-green foliage and rough grey-brown bark

‘Leaves’ leathery, densely hairy when young

Small, sparse, globular yellow flowerheads, 2–4 per cluster; flowering mainly winter to spring, but irregular depending on season

Seed pods flat and woody at maturity, with distinctive winged edges, 3–8 cm long, 8–20 mm wide
Erect or spreading tree, 3–10 m high, with a rounded crown of drooping, grey-green foliage and rough grey-brown bark.
‘Leaves’ leathery, densely hairy when young.
Small, sparse, globular yellow flowerheads, 2–4 per cluster; flowering mainly winter to spring, but irregular depending on season.
Seed pods flat and woody at maturity, with distinctive winged edges, 3–8 cm long, 8–20 mm wide.

WHERE IT GROWS & WHY:

Grows on major river floodplains often as the dominant species or in pure stands.
Found on rich alluvial or heavy clay soils.
Tolerates alkaline (lime) and saline (salt) soils.
Usually frost resistant

MANAGEMENT/SIGNIFICANCE:

Good for shade and shelter; useful medium level cover in windbreaks; improves soil fertility by ‘fixing’ nitrogen.
Foliage is palatable to livestock and is sometimes used as drought fodder.
Coppices after lopping or fire; produces suckers from damaged roots.
Timber is hard, heavy, dark and fragrant; used for fence posts, fine joinery, turning and makes excellent firewood.
Valuable wildlife habitat; seed is eaten by parrots; good pollen source for native insects.
Prone to periodic defoliation by caterpillars of the bag-shelter moth; recovery can take several months.

Image Source: Flower - Melburnian, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Image Source: Plant - John Robert McPherson, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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