Acacia saligna grows as a small, dense, spreading tree with a short trunk and a weeping habit. It grows up to eight metres tall. The yellow flowers appear in late winter and early spring, in groups of up to ten bright yellow spherical flower heads. The fruit is a legume, while the seed is oblong and dark to black in colour.
Acacia Saligna Care
Acacia saligna
Other names: Blue-leaved Wattle, Orange Wattle, Coojong, Western Australian Golden Wattle
What is the plant
Acacia saligna grows as a small, dense, spreading tree with a short trunk and a weeping habit. It grows up to eight metres tall.
humidity
Dry
lighting
Shade
temperature
-6°C - 4°C
hardiness zone
max 11
difficulty
Easy
hibernation
Cold Period
How to Care for the Plant
Water
Deep irrigations; use water to control growth rate.
Pruning
To prune your acacia into a single-trunk tree, begin in the first year, trimming in early spring.
Sunlight
Sandy
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Soil
Basic (alkaline) soils
Temperature
Acacia saligna can grow throughout the tropical and the warm temperate regions of the world (NAS, 1980a). In its native habitat, the summer temperature ranges from about 23°–36°C, winter temperatures from 4°–9°C.
Container
Containers are unique and unnatural environments for plants.
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Additional
Acacia saligna grows as a small, dense, spreading tree with a short trunk and a weeping habit. It grows up to eight metres tall. Like many Acacia species, it has phyllodes rather than true leaves; these can be up to 25 centimetres long.
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