Acacia iteaphylla - Flinders Range Wattle Tubestock | Native Tree Seedling

Acacia iteaphylla – Flinders Range Wattle

Description:
A hardy and attractive Australian native shrub with graceful, weeping branches, narrow blue-green foliage, and masses of fragrant, creamy-yellow to pale yellow flower clusters. Commonly known as Flinders Range Wattle, Acacia iteaphylla provides a long seasonal display of flowers, making it highly attractive to bees and other pollinators. Its dense, arching form makes it an excellent choice for screening, hedging, windbreaks, and native gardens. Fast growing and adaptable, it is particularly well suited to dry, sunny landscapes and low-maintenance planting.

🌳 Height:
3–6 m

🌿 Width:
2–5 m spread

🔧 Uses:

• Bee forage and pollinator habitat

• Screening and informal hedging

• Windbreaks and shelter planting

• Native and wildlife gardens

• Revegetation projects

• Erosion control and soil stabilisation

• Feature shrub or small tree

🌱 Ideal growing conditions:

• Well-drained sandy, loamy, or gravelly soils

• Full sun to part shade

• Prefers well-drained soils

• Performs well in dry to temperate climates

💪 Tolerates:

• Poor soils

• Dry conditions once established

• Wind

• Heat

• Sandy and gravelly soils

• Light to moderate frost

• Coastal exposure

💧 Drought hardy:
High — drought tolerant once established and well suited to dry conditions

❄️ Frost tolerant:
Moderate — tolerates light to moderate frost once established

🧂 Salt tolerant:
Moderate — can tolerate some coastal exposure and salt spray but performs best in protected or inland sites