Acacia pravissima
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Acacia pravissima • Click here to visit our Main Plant List page for current availability of this plant
• Spring blooming
• Height: 10 to 15 feet, up to 20 feet in Southern California
• Light requirements: full sun
• Soil requirements: well drained, undemanding otherwise
• Water requirments: average, drought tolerant once established
• Grows quickly as a large open shrub to low tree
• Propagate by by cuttings or by layering the lower side branches
• Fragrant light yellow flowers in profusion in spring
• Stems with flowers last well when cut for a bouquet -- much more unusual than anything you will find at a florist
• Originally from Australia, known as “oven's wattle” there
This evergreen shrub or small tree has long branches, often drooping, with clusters of fragrant, yellow flowers in spring. Its leaves are flat and triangular, adding to its unique appearance. Give it sun or partial shade and water it regularly its first year or two. After that it does well on its own without supplemental watering. Native to Australia, of all the acacias, this is one of the hardiest and most tolerant ones for planting in gardens along the West Coast of North America. Its mature height will be about fifteen feet. Cold hardy to 10°F.