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ACACIA pravissima
Commonly known as Oven's acacia, Wedged leaf wattle
Slender architectural branchlets with globular yellow flowers
Further Reading....
- Coastal and Windswept Locations – Coastal Plants: Choice plants that would need protection
- Design your own garden: The sub-tropical or mediterranean garden
- Plants by colour: Yellow
- Plants for specific types of garden: Architectural Plants
- Pot Plants
- Plants beginning with 'A'
- Search Caerhays Garden Diary for more info & pictures
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Evergreen - grey-green, lopsidedly triangular leaves 0.5-2cm (¼-¾in) long.
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Yellow -
Height - 3-8m (10-25ft) -
Spread - 3-7m (10-22ft)
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Tall Shrub - or small tree of open to dense habit with short, pendent branches. Profusely flowering in racemes 5-10cm (2-4in) long.
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Half hardy - unheated greenhouse / mild winter - Hardy in coastal and relatively mild parts of the UK except in severe winters and a risk from sudden (early) frosts. May be hardy elsewhere with wall shelter or good micro-climate. Likely to be damaged or killed in cold winters. Plant can withstand temperatures down to -5°C (23°F) -
Full sun - sheltered site. -
Additional Features - Architectural interest
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Pests & Diseases - red spider mites under glass -
Place of origin - Australia (New South Wales, Victoria) -
Garden Location/Conditions - Sub-tropical / mediterranean
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Hardiness - Frost hardy (down to -5) -
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Is Scented Plant - Scented flowers
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Soil Conditions - Fertile well drained soil
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Neutral to acid soil
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Tree Shape - Rounded to broadly spreading
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Acacia - Growing Guide
Shrubs - Care Guide
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Useful extras...
Fertilisers & Feeds - Vitax
Q4 Pelleted Fertiliser
A useful fertiliser suitable for use on a wide variety of plants. Q4 provides all the nutrients and trace elements essential for vigorous growth, abundant flowering and ripening of fruit.
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Fertilisers & Feeds - Empathy
Rootgrow mycorrhizal fungi
Recommended by the RHS. Contains Rootgrow™ mycorrhizal fungi. Suitable for all trees and shrubs (except rhododendrons, azaleas, heathers, cranberries and blueberries)
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Fertilisers & Feeds - Empathy
All-purpose Seaweed Stimulant
All-purpose organic concentrated seaweed feed that is a ready to use, derived from sustainable harvested kelp, that can be used on all outdoor and indoor plants, except acid loving plants.
Perfect used in conjunction with Rootgrow™.
Only £7.50
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