Gardening with Indigenous Plants
Indigenous Plant Use
Identification & Control of Common Weeds
| Myth Buster: | Wattles rarely cause hayfever (it is mostly grasses) |
| Botanical Name: | Acacia paradoxa 4 synonyms: Acacia armata, Acacia undulata, Mimosa paradoxa, Racosperma paradoxum |
| Common Name: | acacia hedge, hedge wattle, kangaroo acacia, kangaroo thorn, paradox acacia, prickly mosses, prickly wattle, wild irishman |
| Sold As: | Tube ($2.00) |
| Plant Type(s): | Medium Shrub (1 to 2 m), Tall Shrub (2 to 6 m), Bird Attracting, Hedging |
| Growing Conditions: | Full Sun, Partial Shade
Dry, Moist, Well Drained |
| Size (HxW): | 2-4 m x 2-5 m |
| Foliage: | Oblong to narrow dark green leaves, wavy along one edge, midrib off centre, 8-30 mm x 2-7 mm, sharply pointed tip. |
| Flowers: | Single large gold ball-shaped flowerheads on slender stalks in each leaf axil. Narrow straight or curved pods 2-6 cm x 3-5 mm, densely covered in erect white hairs, August-November |
| General Comments: | A very ornamental fast-growing wattle suited as a hedge or screen. The thorny habit provides an ideal refuge for birds. It may be established below existing trees. Hardy, drought tolerant. Straggling to dense spreading shrub, branchlets ribbed and hanging down. It has spreading pairs of thorns to 1 cm at the base of leaves. Found in dry to moist well-drained situations in open forests. |
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| Plant Propagation: | Propagation: From scarified seed or boiling water treatment. |
