Acacia floribunda

A graceful, spreading, bushy tree with an open form and narrow leaves. Pale-yellow, fragrant flowers in fluffy balls through late-winter and spring. Tolerates heavy clay soils and periodically wet soils. Will tolerate dry soil in a garden situation, but prefers moist to wet soil. Can be used for windbreaks, hedges, and screens.

Exotic

Evergreen

Tolerates heavy rainfall

Tolerates light frosts

Tolerates windy sites

Tolerates coastal sites

Clay soils

Poor draining soils

Full sun

Part shade

Full shade

Hedging and screening

Attracts bees

Family: Fabaceae, legume, pea, or bean family, a family of flowering plants.

Genus: Acacia, acacia (Latin), derived from the Greek ἀκακία (akakía), a name given by the early Greek botanist-physician Pedanius Dioscorides, which, in turn, was derived from the Greek noun ἀκίς (akís), meaning 'sharp, pointed object', in reference to the characteristic thorns on many species in this genus. Commonly known as wattle or acacia, a genus of various trees and shrubs.

Species: Acacia floribunda, flōribunda (Latin, adjective), many-flowering, blooming, or blossoming.

Common Name: Gossamer Wattle

Other Common Name(s): White Sallow Wattle

Description: A graceful, spreading, bushy tree with an open form and narrow leaves. Pale-yellow, fragrant flowers in fluffy balls through late-winter and spring. Tolerates heavy clay soils and periodically wet soils. Will tolerate dry soil in a garden situation, but prefers moist to wet soil. Can be used for windbreaks, hedges, and screens.

Height: 4m

Width: 3m

Uses: Hedging and screening, Attracts bees

Tolerates: Heavy rainfall, Light frosts, Windy, Coastal

Soil Type: Clay soils, Poor draining soils

Sun and Shade: Full sun, Part shade, Full shade

Winter Foliage: Evergreen

Origin: Exotic

Foliage:

• Summer: Green

• Autumn: Green

• Winter: Green

• Spring: Green

Flowers:

• Summer: None

• Autumn: None

• Winter: Yellow

• Spring: Yellow