Acacia baileyana (Cootamundra Wattle)
4 Comments »11th July, 2006; Category: Acacia
Acacia baileyana
Acacias are beginning to flower and they are earlier around Adelaide and the Hills than here. This is partly the milder climate as well as a little more rain than has fallen here this winter.
Acacia baileyana is a lovely tree in flower. Unfortunately it has become an escapee plant into the wetter hills areas around Adelaide. That certainly does not happen here with this plant.
This is a really useful tree giving a wonderful floral display. It is a hardy and adaptable plant which makes a good windbreak or shelter tree. Pruning extends the life of the tree.
I have a acacia baileyana (Cootamundra Wattle)as shown above. I planted this plant in May 2007 when it was only as big as my forearm. Today it’s 3 mts high but yet no flowering and is still grey-green foliage. Is this plant a female to flower or a male with no flowering.
Please advise
Thanking you,
margaret
There is no male/female component. I would suggest that the plant is so busy growing that it cannot flower. Don’t fertilise! Also, watch the amount of water. They are hardy plants. Sometimes a struggle in the soil promotes the flowering and seed set.
is there a purple form of the Cootamundra Accacia Baileyana, as there is in the upright form?
Acacia baileyana (Cootamundra Wattle) has a form that has a purplish tinge to the leaves in the upright form. In the prostrate form which is often grown from seed which results in many variations in size, shape and ‘prostrateness’ I have not seen a purple leaf form. That does not mean that they do not exist. When looking at young plants in various nurseries, check leaf colour as well.