Description

This graceful, sparsely branched, arching shrub adds an air of elegance with its small globular heads of light cream flowers towards the branch tips; compatible to various soils; excellent around ponds and moist garden areas

Landscape Attributes

Flax-leaf Wattle is a multi-stemmed evergreen shrub with a shapely form and gracefully arching branches. Its average texture blends into the landscape, but can be balanced by one or two finer or coarser trees or shrubs for an effective composition.

Flax-leaf Wattle is recommended for the following landscape applications;

Planting & Growing

Flax-leaf Wattle will grow to be about 10 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 10 feet. It has a low canopy, and is suitable for planting under power lines. It grows at a medium rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 30 years.

This shrub does best in full sun to partial shade. It does best in average to evenly moist conditions, but will not tolerate standing water. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. This species is not originally from North America.