Acacia Trees

Description

Acacia trees and shrubs are an evergreen plant species with unique fern-like leaves and showy clusters of fragrant yellow or white fuzzy flowers. The unusual feature of feathery acacia leaves is that they are a type of modified stem or petiole. Acacias are fast-growing thorny trees and shrubs with many uses in a garden landscape. Also called wattles, acacia plants can be trees and shrubs of varying sizes. Large acacia trees such as the Sweet Acacia (Acacia farnesiana), Silver Wattle (Acacia dealbata), and Cootamundra Wattle (Acacia baileyana) grow between 20 and 50 ft. (6 – 15 m) tall. Smaller acacia bushes like the Flax-Leaf Wattle (Acacia linifolia) or Box Leaf Wattle (Acacia buxifolia