Acacia holosericea
“Silky Wattle”
SHRUB TO 3 METRES TALL & 4 METRES ACROSSFast growing, lovely velvet leaves, yellow flowers & masses of unusual twisted seed pods known as “soap” pods as they remove dirt from skin. Can be pruned as hedge or lawn feature. Seeds are important bush tucker.
| Suitability | |
|---|---|
| Category | Medium Shrubs up to 5m |
| Family | Mimosaceae |
| Aspect | Full Sun / Filtered Sun |
| Soil | Adaptable |
| Habitat | Dry Sclerophyll Forest |
| Features | |
| Bush Food Plants, Dry Tropics Native Plant Species, Edible Fruit Plants, Native Fodder Trees, Perfumed Flowering Plants | |
| Localities | |
| Pine Rivers | |
