Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Information on Acacia dealbata

Acacia dealbata
 
 
Acacia dealbata

Common Name: silver wattle or blue wattle
Scientific Name: Acacia deal bata 
Height: 30m
Growth Rate:  Slow  
Sun Tolerance: Full Sun

Acacia dealbata is a fast growing  tree and It is an evergreen tree with an open habit. The leaves are bi-pinnate, composed of 35-85 hairy, glaucus to silvery leaflets. It bears long terminal racemes composed of fragrant, yellow, spherical flowers from winter to spring. The fruit is a flattened pod containing several seeds.  Acacia dealbata is widely cultivated as an ornamental plant in warm temperate regions of the world. Acacia dealbata is useful to the landscape architect as fine foliaged, spring flowering specimen tree. It will hold its foliage all year round and survives in temperate climates. Acacia dealbata is widely cultivated as an ornamental plant in warm temperate regions of the world, and is naturalised in some areas, including southwestern Western Australia, southeastern South Australia, Norfolk Island, the Mediterranean region from Portugal to Greece and Morocco to Israel, Yalta (Russia), California, Madagascar, southern Africa (South Africa, Zimbabwe), the highlands of southern India, south-western China and Chile. Acacia dealbata does not survive prolonged frost.

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