Plant Finder Features How It Works Pricing Testimonials Blog

The UK's leading eCommerce platform for horticulture businesses.

Product

Features
How It Works
Pricing

Company

About
Blog
Contact

Legal

Twitter LinkedIn

swamp wattle | Plant Finder | Fill My Garden

Home/Plants/Houseplants

Plants > Houseplants

swamp wattle

Acacia retinodes

Genus: Acacia
Family: Fabaceae
Common Names: mimose de quatre saisons, wirilda

About this plant

A large spreading evergreen shrub to 6m, with narrowly lance-shaped, leaf-like phyllodes and spherical lemon yellow flowerheads borne in short axillary racemes intermittently through the year

Growing Information

Height

4-8 Metres

Spread

2.5-4 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

Poorly DrainedWell Drained

Aspect

West Facing

Exposure

Exposed

Care Guide

Cultivation

Grow in frost-free conditions (minimum temperature 3-5°C (37-41°F). Plant in loam-based John Innes Number 2 compost in full light. During the growing season, apply a balanced liquid fertiliser on a monthly basis. In winter, water sparingly

Pruning

Pruning group 8

Propagation

Propagate by seed that has been soaked in warm water. Sow at no less than 18°C (64°F). Alternatively, propagate by semi-ripe cuttings in summer

Pests

Glasshouse red spider mite may be a problem under glass

Diseases

Generally trouble free

Garden Uses

Uses

Cottage InformalFlower BordersLow Maintenance

Planting Places

Wall Trained

Season of Interest

SpringSummerAutumnWinter

Size & Characteristics

Height

4-8 Metres

Spread

2.5-4 Metres

Habit

Bushy

Time to Full Height

Twenty To Fifty Years