Acacias

Acacias are another favourite fast growing tree and I love those cute yellow flowers and very different forms. Sadly in Sydney they tend to be short lived.

I have two Acacias at the moment, Acacia longifolia/Sydney Golden Wattle and Acacia terminalis or Sunshine Wattle (below). Both are very young and have not flowered. A. terminalis is still very small and should flower from February to October. A. longifolia should have flowered between June and October.

I love these guys so much I would like to propagate some from seed when I have space, apparently cuttings are not very successful. Soak the seed in boiling water overnight or rub with a piece of sandpaper before placing in seed raising trays.

They do not like phosphorous, use a special native fertilizer.