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| synonyms: Hairy Wattle, Weeping Boree |
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| tree/shrub type: Broad leaved trees and shrubs |
| foliage: Evergreen |
| size: Average shrubs |
| leaf type: Sword like leaves |
| types of fruit: Trees and shrubs with pods/beans |
| flowering period: Winter |
| leaf colour: Leaves silver |
| plants for a purpose: Scented flowers, Trees and shrubs with decorative yellow/greenish flowers |
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Acacia vestita Ker -Gawl. Hairy Wattle or Weeping Boree A silvery shrub with long pendulous branches, flat ovate or elliptic softly-hairy leaves (phyllodes) and globular flower heads in long racemes, native of New South Wales, flowering in September-October (winter and early spring). A tall open shrub to 6m; leaves 1-2 cm, with wavy edges, soft, hairy and grey-green. Pods 4-8cm, flat, glaucous. One of the more tolerant species for damp conditions, but will not stand drought. Min. -3°C. Z9. Grows from cuttings. Photographed in Malawi. |
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