Wattle - Acacia Gold Dust 300mm AP

🌿✨ Acacia acinacea – Gold Dust Wattle ✨🌿
 
The Gold Dust Wattle (Acacia acinacea) is a small, hardy Australian native shrub, celebrated for its masses of golden ball-shaped flowers that cover the plant in spring. 💛 With its fine, wiry stems and soft foliage, it’s a versatile native ideal for hedging, screening, or adding colour to mixed plantings.
 
🌱 Size & Pot
✔️ 300mm air-prune pot – strong young plant 🌳
✔️ Fast-growing and quick to establish.
 
☀️ Sun & Soil
✔️ Full sun to part shade ☀️🌤️
✔️ Prefers well-drained soil, drought and frost tolerant once established.
 
🍂 Foliage & Seasonal Changes
✔️ Soft, fine green foliage 🌿
✔️ Smothered in golden-yellow blooms in late winter to spring 💛
✔️ Evergreen – retains foliage year-round.
 
🌳 Growth Habit & Mature Size
✔️ Dense, rounded shrub with graceful stems
✔️ Grows approx. 1–2m tall × 1–2m wide
✔️ Responds well to pruning after flowering to keep compact.
 
💡 Special Characteristics
🌿 Quick-growing and hardy native shrub
🌿 Provides habitat and nectar for birds, bees, and insects 🐦🐝🦋
🌿 Excellent low-maintenance plant for Australian conditions
🌿 Frost and drought tolerant
 
🌸 Planting Ideas
✔️ Plant in groups for a mass of golden spring colour
✔️ Great for native borders, hedges, or screening
✔️ Ideal for wildlife-friendly gardens 🐝🦋
✔️ Combine with grevilleas, banksias, and grasses for a vibrant native display