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Oven's wattle | Plant Finder | Fill My Garden

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Oven's wattle

Acacia pravissima

★ RHS AGM

Genus: Acacia
Family: Fabaceae

About this plant

An evergreen shrub to 5m or more, with crowded, triangular leaf-like phyllodes and racemes of small rich yellow flower-heads in late winter and early spring

Growing Information

Height

2.5-4 Metres

Spread

1.5-2.5 Metres

Hardiness

Foliage

Evergreen

Growing Conditions

Sunlight

Full Sun

Soil

LoamSandy

AcidNeutral

Not Currently Available

This plant is not currently stocked at any garden centres on our platform.

Moisture

Well Drained

Aspect

West FacingEast Facing

Exposure

Exposed

Care Guide

Cultivation

Grow in neutral to acid, well-drained soil in a sheltered site with full sun. Ideal for the conservatory, grow under glass in ericaceous compost or a loam-based potting compost (JI No.2) in full light. Water sparingly in winter.

Pruning

Pruning group 8 or pruning group 13 for wall-trained specimens

Propagation

Propagate by seed at a minimum of 18°C in spring or root semi-hardwood cuttings in summer

Pests

May be attacked by glasshouse red spider mite under glass

Diseases

Generally disease free

Garden Uses

Uses

Cottage InformalFlower BordersLow Maintenance

Planting Places

Wall Trained

Season of Interest

SpringSummerAutumnWinter

Size & Characteristics

Height

2.5-4 Metres

Spread

1.5-2.5 Metres

Habit

Bushy

Time to Full Height

Ten To Twenty Years