Acacia Saligna

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. 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 grows as a small, dense, spreading tree with a short trunk and a weeping habit. It grows up to eight metres tall.

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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

Disease diagnosis

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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
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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.
Popularity
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