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Fabaceae
Cootamundra Wattle
Acacia baileyana
Friendship and secret love.
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Acacia
- Native to
- Australia
- Bloom season
- Winter, Spring
- Type
- tree
- Height
- 20-30 ft
- Sunlight
- full sun
- Soil
- Well-drained, sandy to loamy soil
- Water
- low
- Hardiness
- 9-11
- Lifespan
- perennial
Did you know
- Named after Frederick Manson Bailey, a colonial botanist from Queensland, Australia.
- Its feathery blue-gray foliage is so striking that it is grown ornamentally even when not in bloom.
- Cootamundra Wattle can fix nitrogen in the soil through symbiotic bacteria in its root nodules.
- It has become invasive in parts of South Africa, Portugal, and California due to its prolific seed production.
- The 'Purpurea' cultivar has stunning purple new growth that matures to blue-green, making it highly prized in landscaping.
Color meanings
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concealed love
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elegance