Acacia Mearnsii 'Black Wattle'-TREE-seeds

ACACIA MEARNSII

“Black Wattle”

Family: Fabaceae

Sprouting: 6-242 days 

Spreading shrub or tree to 10m high with fern-like leaves and pale yellow or cream flowers in spring to early summer. Moderately frost and drought tolerant, it is found mainly in the drier coastal woodlands of eastern and southern Australia.  Ideal for subtropical and warm temperate regions. The world's premier source of tannins, it is nitrogen-fixing and is noted for attracting wildlife but it is not wind-tolerant, prefers moist soil, will handle neutral and very acid soils, as well as nutritionally poor soil, and cannot grow in the shade. The Gum and Seeds are considered edible. The gum is eaten and dissolved in water and used to make drinks

The Chakra Garden cannot take any responsibility for any adverse effects from the use of plants. 

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****Please note: these are seeds (we are NOT selling these as live plants). Quarantine restrictions and costs prohibit us from selling these seeds to WA, Tas, and Internationally.

Photo: Acacia mearnsii - Black wattle (Fabaceae) Flowers at Polipoli, Maui, Hawaii. December 24, 2005. Photo# starr-051224-5783 Photo by Forest & Kim Starr, via Wikimedia Commons; retrieved 8 May 2024 – 1.22pm AEST and edited using Canva.

Photo of seeds: - June Parkin; Location: Sydney NSW, Australia; Date: 6OCT2023