Acacia myrtifolia - myrtle wattle

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Mrytle wattle may not be as flashy and eyecatching as other wattles but when the cream winter-spring flowers fade you'll have scarlet stems to add colour, and elegant grey-green leaves which glow pink in sunlight when freshly emerging.

The size of this acacia is very variable, but if it gets too big it's happy to be pruned hard. A gentle all-over clip after flowering helps keep things bushy, but that's all the maintenance it should need. It's a great windbreak and informal hedge, and bank binder too.

Plus, it's frost tolerant, drought tolerant, fast-growing, grows in almost any free-draining soil, and in climates from dry southern WA down to chilly TAS and up the east coast to humid QLD. Gotta be worth a go!

Foliage image: Margaret Donald ; flower images John Tann cropped to size.

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Description

Acacia myrtifolia - myrtle wattle

APPEARANCE : Small evergreen native wattle with long gently curved grey-green leaves and deep red stems. Produces cream-white pompom flowers in winter-spring.
ORIGIN : Found across southern and eastern Australia
USE FOR : Native gardens, cottage gardens and to attract pollinators. Very low maintenance and hardy.
PLANTING : Plant in any free-draining soil in full sun or light shade. Frost-tolerant, drought tolerant once established.
CARE: Mulch and water regularly until the plant is established, usually around 12 weeks. Prune lightly after flowering to encourage bushy growth, and apply a slow release native fertiliser to promote healthy leaf and prolific blooms during the next flowering season.
HEIGHT & WIDTH: 1-2m H x 1-2m W.
YOUR PLANTS : These are tubestock plants, healthy young plants with new roots that will establish quickly in your garden. The pot size is 80mm high and 42 mm wide.
You can see an example in the image gallery.
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