Favourites: Acacia assimilis |
11 June 2009 10:37 PM
Acacia assimilis is a plant you won't see in nurseries very often, but it has become one of Tony Cavanagh's favourites....* * * * * *
A few years ago, I obtained seeds of a few of the smaller acacias which I was interested in growing. One was apparently misnamed but I have subsequently found out that it is definitely one of the forms of an uncommon Western Australian species, Acacia assimilis and probably subsp. atroviridis. I may have been lucky with the position I chose but it has proved to be very attractive and floriferous plant and reliable after some five years in the garden. The things that I like about my plant are its beautiful shape - whether in flower or not, it is a rounded dome of dense green leaves or a ball of gold, as I hope the pictures show, and the intricacy of the flower heads in close up.
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Photos: Tony Cavanagh
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The plant flowers for several months in spring and the flowers really are the intense yellow the pictures show. It is growing in a lightly shaded situation in well drained soil and rarely needs watering once established. I did however, receive a fright in the heat wave in early January when we had three days in a row over 43 oC, two of them reaching 46 oC, and I noticed a carpet of green under the plant. It had shed masses of its phyllodes, a standard plant protection strategy in times of stress, and I hastily poured a couple of buckets of water around it. The plant recovered and I am looking forward to its flowering again this spring.
If you have a plant that you particularly like and that might interest others, why not write a paragraph or two about it for inclusion here as a 'favourite'. If you have a photo to accompany it, so much the better but don't let lack of a photo put you off. If you're interested, drop me an email.
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