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ACACIA
Commonly known as Mimosa
Wattles are from a genus of some 1450 species of deciduous and evergreen trees, shrubs and climbers from Central and South America, Australia, Kenya and southern Africa, Polynesia.
Leaves are often reduced and flattened in the form of phyllodes and flowers, some sweetly scented, have minute petals appearing as fluffy pompoms.
Generally fast-growing and can be grown in borders in frost-free areas or against warm walls or in cool greenhouses in more challenging climates.
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Deciduous
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Evergreen
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Tall Shrub
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Tree
- Growing Acacia
- Summer propagation - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Spotlight on 4 Acacias - Video Tip ondemand_video
- How to plant/move a shrub
- How to plant/move a shrub - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Fertisiling shrubs - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Mulching - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Pruning a shrub - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Summer propagation - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Taking semi-ripe cuttings -Video Tip ondemand_video
- Self-sown seedlings - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Trimming a shrub - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Weed spraying - Video Tip ondemand_video
Buy Varieties of ACACIA
![Royal Horticultural Society 'Award of Garden Merit' (AGM) AWARD](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/misc/agm_large.png)
![© Burncoose Nurseries, all pictures for illustrative purposes only. ACACIA baileyana](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/acacia_baileyana.jpg)
ACACIA baileyana
fluffy bright yellow mimosa flowers and fine silvery-grey foliage
![Royal Horticultural Society 'Award of Garden Merit' (AGM) AWARD](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/misc/agm_large.png)
![© Burncoose Nurseries, all pictures for illustrative purposes only. ACACIA baileyana 'Purpurea'](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/Acacia_baileyana_Purpurea.jpg)
ACACIA baileyana 'Purpurea'
foliage tinged violet and purple
![© Burncoose Nurseries, all pictures for illustrative purposes only. ACACIA boormanii](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/acacia_boormanii_7857.jpg)
ACACIA boormanii
small, grey-green leaves. Yellow flowers.
![Royal Horticultural Society 'Award of Garden Merit' (AGM) AWARD](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/misc/agm_large.png)
![© Burncoose Nurseries, all pictures for illustrative purposes only. ACACIA dealbata](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/acacia_dealbata~1.jpg)
ACACIA dealbata
florists mimosa. Yellow scented flowers
![© Burncoose Nurseries, all pictures for illustrative purposes only. ACACIA longifolia](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/acaccia_longifolia_31.jpg)
ACACIA longifolia
long lance-shaped willow leaves and bright yellow flowers
![© Burncoose Nurseries, all pictures for illustrative purposes only. ACACIA melanoxylon](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/Acacia_melanoxylon.jpg)
ACACIA melanoxylon
similar to A. longifolia but with pinnate young foliage
![Royal Horticultural Society 'Award of Garden Merit' (AGM) AWARD](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/misc/agm_large.png)
![© Burncoose Nurseries, all pictures for illustrative purposes only. ACACIA pravissima](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/Acacia_Pravissima.jpg)
ACACIA pravissima
slender architectural branchlets with globular yellow flowers
![© Burncoose Nurseries, all pictures for illustrative purposes only. ACACIA retinodes](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/Acacia_retinodes.jpg)
ACACIA retinodes
narrow willow leaves, lime tolerant. Flowers intermittently all year
![© Burncoose Nurseries, all pictures for illustrative purposes only. ACACIA verticillata](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/acacia_verticillata_34b.jpg)
ACACIA verticillata
needle-like and prickly habit with cylindrical spikes of yellow flowers
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