Acacia melanoxylon

Australian / Tasmanian Blackwood Seed

Acacia melanoxylon

£2.00 – £6.50 inc. VAT

Australian Blackwood is also know as Sally Wattle. 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 mild  temperate climates and is not particularly frost hardy below minus 5 degrees centigrade. It produces a fine grained, hard wood. Grow in a sheltered spot backed by a wall. In warmer climates can be quite invasive.

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Description

Acacia melanoxylon

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. Needs scarifying first, then sow in a warm glasshouse

Seeds / kg: c. 75,600       53% viable

Ideal sowing period: Spring

Soil conditions: Free draining organic soils.

Planting instructions: Tolerant of pollution and salt winds. Sun or semi-shade. Will get cut back in a very harsh winter.

Mature height: 20m

Additional information

Weight 2.00 g
Genus

Acacia
Size

Mini Seed Pack (25 seeds approx.), Seed Pack 2gm(150 seeds approx.)
Family

Leguminosae
Flowering Month

May
Colour

white
Life Cycle

shrub, tree
Evergreen

evergreen
Requires

shelter, sun

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