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water wise plants
water hardiness
top tenbog gardens clay soils fire retardant groundcovers
project typeurban and commercial residential
soil type and drainagelight - sandy soils medium - loamy soils good drainage
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Acacia pravissima
oven's wattle
A tall spreading shrub or small tree growing to 8m. Pendulous branches and small triangular olive green phyllodes to 2cm in length. Clusters of golden yellow ball-shaped flowers appear in spring and summer. |
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| origin | NSW, ACT, Vic. |
| cultural notes | A hardy plant adaptable to most soils provided they are free draining. Prefers an open sunny position. |
| tolerates | Frost and drought tolerant. |
| flowering season | Spring and Summer. |
| flower colour | The flowers are bright yellow and ball-shaped. They occur in long racemes. The seed pods are a dull browny-black. |
| foliage colour | The foliage is made up of olive green phyllodes, triangular in shape and up to 2cm in length. The tips of the phyllodes develop a gold tinge in winter. |
| width | up to 3m |
| height | up to 8m |
| plant spacing | 150cm apart |
| recommended uses | The weeping habit, showy flowers and attractive foliage make this a great feature plant. |
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canberra
Corner Pialligo + Fairbairn Av Pialligo ACT 2609 t 02 6262 6456 | f 02 6262 6006 e p PO Box 4560 Kingston ACT 2604
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se nsw
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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