Wattle - Acacia Verticillata - Prickly Moses - 200 mm pot

🌿✨ Acacia verticillata – Prickly Moses ✨🌿
 
The Prickly Moses (Acacia verticillata) is a hardy, fine-foliaged native wattle, valued for its dense growth, golden spring flowers, and ability to thrive in tough conditions. 🌿💛 Its prickly habit makes it a great choice for wildlife-friendly gardens, providing shelter for birds and small animals.
 
🌱 Size & Pot
✔️ 200mm pot 🌳
✔️ Compact advanced size – quick to establish.
 
☀️ Sun & Soil
✔️ Best in full sun to part shade ☀️🌤️
✔️ Adaptable to most soils – thrives in clay and sandy ground
✔️ Drought and frost tolerant once established.
 
🍂 Foliage & Seasonal Changes
✔️ Fine, needle-like foliage provides year-round cover 🌿
✔️ Masses of golden-yellow flowers in spring and early summer 💛🌸
✔️ Evergreen – holds dense foliage all year.
 
🌳 Growth Habit & Mature Size
✔️ Dense, upright, and prickly habit
✔️ Grows approx. 3–5m tall × 2–3m wide
✔️ Naturally low-maintenance and long-lived.
 
💡 Special Characteristics
🌿 Excellent for native revegetation and shelter planting
🌿 Attracts birds, bees, and pollinators 🐦🐝
🌿 Perfect as a natural barrier or screen due to its prickly habit
🌿 Hardy and reliable in poor soils
 
🌸 Planting Ideas
✔️ Plant in groups for dense native screening or shelterbelts
✔️ Use in wildlife gardens to attract and protect small birds
✔️ Ideal for tough, exposed sites where hardiness is essential
✔️ Combine with other wattles and eucalypts for a native habitat planting