Thread: Anyone know their Acacias?
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Old 18-11-2006, 03:45 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Anyone know their Acacias?
On 18/11/06 15:06, in article ,
"Chris Hogg" wrote:

In a corner of the Memorial Gardens of Penlee House in Penzance is an
unusual acacia (mimosa), the size of a small tree, that is still
carrying some flower. These are unlike any of the acacias described in
e.g. the RHS A-Z Encyclo or Phillip and Rix's 'Conservatory and Indoor
Plants'. They are primrose yellow, and rather than being the usual
fluffy little pom-poms, are quite elongated, giving the whole raceme
the appearance more of a bottle-brush than an acacia. The leaves are
bipinnate, typical of many acacias, and the seed pods are 10 - 15 cm
long. Seeds are black, oval, between 4 and 8 mm long, say 10 - 12 to a
pod, well spaced and plentiful. Needless to say I gathered quite a
few.

Can anyone identify which acacia this might be?

Sounds like A. verticillata.


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