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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 lanigera synonym: Racosperma lanigerum |
| Common Name: | hairy wattle, woolly wattle |
| Sold As: | Tube ($2.00) |
| Plant Type(s): | Medium Shrub (1 to 2 m), Tree (up to 6 m) |
| Growing Conditions: | Full Sun
Sandy, Clay, Infertile, Dry, Well Drained |
| Size (HxW): | Grows up to 2 m high |
| Flowers: | The bright yellow globular flowerheads appear in the leaf axils from May to October. |
| General Comments: | It has an erect or spreading habit. Regular pruning will keep this hardy shrub in good shape. Frost hardy (will tolerate frosts to -7 degrees C). Generally adaptable in cultivation, responds to sunny, reasonably well-drained positions in most soils. |
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| Plant Propagation: | From scarified seed or boiling water treatment |
This image by Nadiatalent, Rockley Mount, NSW, has licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/>
This image by Nadiatalent, Rockley Mount, NSW, has licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/>
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