- Native to southeastern Australia in New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, and the Australian Capital Territory and widely introduced in Mediterranean, warm temperate, and highland tropical landscapes.
- It is a fast-growing evergreen tree or shrub growing up to 30 m tall. Pompom yellow mimosa flowers are produced against a backdrop of feathery bluish-grey foliage. In spring the fragrant, nectar-rich blooms provide a valuable source of food for bees and other insects
- The plant has smooth, greyish green to dark grey bark which becomes fissured with age. The timber is useful for furniture and indoor work, but has limited uses, mainly in craft furniture and turning. It has a honey color, often with distinctive figures like birdseye and tiger stripes. Overall it is mainly cultivated for it’s beauty and often used for cut flowers.
- Acacia Dealbata Also known as: Silver Wattle, Blue Wattle, Mimosa
- It is not particular to any one type of soil, provided it is reasonably well drained. It does not survive prolonged frost so no matter what zone your in, it will freeze. In frost prone areas it can successfully be grown in containers, and moved to a frost free position in the winter.
Product Description
This beautiful small evergreen tree from Australia is smothered with masses of exceptionally fine silver-grey, delicate foliage which is topped with fluffy, pale lemon, sweetly scented flowers in late winter and early spring. It is best grown in milder gardens in a sunny spot and free-draining soil and is very fast-growing once established and ideal for exotic gardens. It has been awarded the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit. SOWING ADVICE These seeds have already been thoroughly cleaned and cold-stored for several months. They should be sown into well-drained, sandy compost at any time of the year, and covered to their own depth with sand or grit. No artificial heat is needed; the seed tray is best left in a cool spot outside and kept moist. Seeds germinate very slowly indeed in the spring after a chilling in the cold compost, regardless of when they are sown. Some seeds may take more than a year to germinate.