Acacia fimbriata dwarf

Botanical Name: 
Acacia fimbriata

Author: A.Cunn. ex G.Don

Common Name: Fringed Wattle

Family: Fabaceae – Mimosoideae

Location

This species is common in moist sites, but also in open eucalypt communities in coast and tableland regions of New South Wales and into southeastern Queensland.

We’ve used it around the garden as a low informal hedge and you can see  it in Bed 112 in the Big Idea Garden and in the Wedding Arbor in the Wattle Garden.

The species name and common name both refer to the fringe of hairs on the edges of the 'leaves' (phyllodes).

We collected seed of this species on a field trip and when it was sown one of the seedlings was this dwarf form. It’s turned out to be very adaptable in cultivation, will grow in full sun or semishade, is frost hardy and prefers well-drained soil. September is Wattle Month in New South Wales, so why not come and have a look at this little gem?

Dwarf forms of this and other wattle  species are available in the nursery industry.