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water wise plants
water hardiness
top tenbird attracting
bog gardens
fire retardant
frost tolerant
groundcovers
verge planting
project typeurban and commercial
residential
erosion control
soil type and drainagelight - sandy soils
medium - loamy soils
heavy - clay soils
good drainage
reasonable drainage
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Acacia howittii
sticky wattle
A dense shrub or small tree growing to 8m in height and spreading 3m. It is fast growing and has a graceful weeping habit. Small elliptical phyllodes to 3cm in length have a sticky texture and pale yellow ball-shaped flowers occur in spring. |
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| origin | Vic. |
| cultural notes | An adaptable plant that is very fast growing, even in hard conditions. It naturally occurs in cool moist areas but will adapt to most garden situations. It does not areas with high summer rainfall. |
| maintenance | Responds well to hard pruning. |
| tolerates | Frost and drought tolerant. |
| flowering season | Spring. |
| flower colour | Scented, pale yellow ball-shaped flowers held on short peduncles from the phyllode axils. Seed pods are brown and elongated. |
| foliage colour | Light green to dark green phyllodes are up to 3cm in length. They have a sticky texture which is particularly noticable after pruning. |
| width | up to 3m |
| height | up to 8m |
| plant spacing | 150cm apart |
| recommended uses | A very good hedge or screen plant, fast growing and when pruned hard it becomes very dense. A low growing form is available. |
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canberra
Corner Pialligo + Fairbairn Av
Pialligo ACT 2609
t 02 6262 6456 | f 02 6262 6006
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p PO Box 4560 Kingston ACT 2604
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37 Wandella Forest Rd
Wandella NSW 2550
t 02 4477 9320 | f 02 6494 0256
p PO Box 5137 Cobargo NSW 2550
abn 91 109 945 146
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