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Purple-leaf Cootamundra Wattle

Acacia baileyana 'Purpurea' · Fabaceae

A fast small tree with ferny blue-grey foliage flushed purple on new growth, smothered in fragrant golden ball flowers in late winter. Showy but can self-seed beyond its range.

At a glance

Habit: Tree
Light: Full Sun
Water: Drought-Tolerant
Soil: Well-Drained, Loam, Sandy Soil
Climate: Warm Temperate, Cool Temperate, Mediterranean
Frost: Frost-Hardy
Mature size: 6 m H × 5 m W
Foliage: Evergreen, Purple / Burgundy Foliage, Silver / Grey Foliage
Flowering: Winter Flowering
Growth rate: Fast-Growing
Maintenance: Low Maintenance

Good for

Feature / Specimen
Windbreak
Bee & Pollinator
Fragrant / Perfumed
Water-Wise
Weed / Invasive Risk

Sowing from seed

Difficulty: beginner
Sowing depth: 5 mm
Method: Raise in trays and transplant
Pre-treatment: Soak seed before sowing
Germination: 14-40 days
Best sown in: spring, autumn
Seed storage life: 10 years