Acacia Baileyana - Cootamundra Wattle Tubestock | Native Tree Seedling

Acacia baileyana – Cootamundra Wattle

Description:
A fast-growing and highly ornamental Australian tree with finely divided, blue-grey foliage and masses of bright golden-yellow flower clusters in winter and early spring. The flowers provide valuable nectar for bees and other pollinators, while the dense foliage offers shelter for wildlife. Attractive, hardy, and adaptable, it is widely used for screening, windbreaks, habitat planting, revegetation, and erosion control.

🌳 Height:
4–8 m

🌿 Width:
3–6 m spread

🔧 Uses:

• Bee forage and pollinator habitat

• Screening and hedging

• Windbreaks and wildlife shelter

• Native and wildlife gardens

• Revegetation and restoration

• Erosion and soil stabilisation

• Feature tree and ornamental planting

• Nitrogen fixation and soil improvement

🌱 Ideal growing conditions:

• Well-drained sandy, loamy, or gravelly soils

• Full sun to part shade

• Moderately fertile soils

• Reliable moisture during establishment

💪 Tolerates:

• Poor and moderately nutrient-poor soils

• Dry periods once established

• Wind

• Sandy and gravelly soils

• Cold conditions

• Light to moderate frost

• Some exposed conditions

💧 Drought hardy:
High — drought tolerant once established, particularly in well-drained soils

❄️ Frost tolerant:
Moderate to high

🧂 Salt tolerant:
Low to moderate