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Queensland Silver Wattle

Acacia podalyriifolia · Fabaceae

A striking large shrub clothed in rounded silvery-blue phyllodes and bright golden winter blossom. One of the most ornamental wattles, valued for foliage as much as flower.

At a glance

Habit: Shrub
Light: Full Sun
Water: Drought-Tolerant
Soil: Well-Drained, Sandy Soil, Loam
Climate: Subtropical, Warm Temperate, Mediterranean
Frost: Frost-Hardy
Mature size: 5 m H × 4 m W
Foliage: Evergreen, Silver / Grey Foliage
Flowering: Winter Flowering
Growth rate: Fast-Growing
Maintenance: Low Maintenance

Good for

Feature / Specimen
Hedging & Screening
Bee & Pollinator
Cut Flower & Vase
Water-Wise
Coastal / Salt-Tolerant

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