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Originally Posted by Sacha
We have planted an Acacia expecting it to be the usual A. dealbata but it produced flowers in mid-summer. They are exactly like the normal mimosa flowers but they're the palest possible yellow and the leaves are like A. dealbata. Anyone any ideas about the proper name of an Acacia that flowers in mid-summer and is very, very pale yellow - so much so that from a short distance they're almost white. It also beat the world record for growth - it was almost a question of 'plant and stand well back'!
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A. melanoxylon perhaps. Fast growing with pale flowers. Supposed to flower late winter to late spring, but maybe it was set back by the late spring cold spell this year. If it is melanoxylon, then you should be able to spot a difference in the foliage: dealbata has only juvenile acacia foliage (what we think of as typical mimosa foliage), whereas melanoxylon has both juvenile and adult acacia foliage, ie, larger lance shaped leaves as well. A. melanoxylon is a common stowaway on other australian plants, eg tree ferns. Pic:
http://www.trevenacross.co.uk/shop/pics.asp?plantid=268