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Latin Name: Acacia melanoxylon
Forestart Reference: ACMEL1
A fast growing evergreen, it has dark green pinnate leaves and in spring bears clusters of small milky white flowers. It is best suited to temperate climates but is not particularly frost hardy below minus 5 degrees centigrade. It produces a fine grained, hard wood. Common name: Australian / Tasmanian Blackwood.
Native: Australia (Eastern)
Provenance: Australia
Size and spread (10 years): 2.5m x 1.5m
Treatment required: Leguminous seed with thick seed coat.
Germinal seeds / kg: 60000
Ideal sowing period: Spring
Soil conditions: Free draining organic soils.
Planting instructions:
Mature height: 20m
Availability: In stock now
