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Silver Wattle
Acacia dealbata
Silver Wattle is a fast-growing, nitrogen-fixing tree whose violet-scented yellow flowers are the florist mimosa sold for perfume and cut arrangements. Its bark runs high enough in tannin to have been harvested commercially, and cooked flowers and a trunk gum see occasional use as food. It suckers freely once mature and resprouts hard after cutting or fire, building a seed bank that can lie dormant for decades and germinate after a burn - traits that make it a self-renewing coppice stand where it is wanted, and a persistent colonizer where it is not. It needs mildly acid, well-drained soil and turns chlorotic on lime, and it is short-lived, typically 30 to 40 years.
Record at a glance
Growing profile
- Sun
- Full Sun
- USDA zone
- USDA 7–10
- Soil
- Sand · Loam
- Moisture
- Dry · Well-Drained · Moderate
Vertical layer
Canopy- Soil pH
- 5–7
- Plant type
- Evergreen Tree
- Mature height
- 82 ft
- Mature spread
- 26 ft
- Plant spacing
- 6.6–13.1 ft
- Root type
- Not yet recorded
- Spread pattern
- Both
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