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few more of Acacia urophylla
Not quite sure on ID for this one.. it was growing in the sand dunes among cypress behind the beach in southern WA. Similar to saligna but there are quite a few similar looking species over there..
downwardsfromzero
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I am enjoying your lovely pictures :thumb_up:
Would it be OK for me to drop in a couple of pictures of my own (UK) cultivated Acacias?
Would it be OK for me to drop in a couple of pictures of my own (UK) cultivated Acacias?
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please do! always love seeing what people are growing
same goes for other members
downwardsfromzero
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OK, thanks!
Here they are - I'll have to dig out the notes on what species they are but for the record they were sold in the nursery section of the Eden Project.
One shot of the yellow-flowered, narrow-phyllode specimen and then three shots of the cream-flowered, broader phyllode specimen where we can see flower buds, young flowers, unripe seed pods and the handsome reddish bark. Early to mid spring.
Here they are - I'll have to dig out the notes on what species they are but for the record they were sold in the nursery section of the Eden Project.
One shot of the yellow-flowered, narrow-phyllode specimen and then three shots of the cream-flowered, broader phyllode specimen where we can see flower buds, young flowers, unripe seed pods and the handsome reddish bark. Early to mid spring.
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Thanks for the pics :thumb_up: they are nice looking plants.. the second one I am really interested in the ID of.. it looks close to Acacia rubida but also to Acacia penninervis.. there are quite a few similar looking species to those two .. interested to know what other acacias are grown in the UK?
downwardsfromzero
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I don't recall it being labelled as either of those two species. More pics to follow from summer, plus I have some dried material. I agree though, it's an interesting specimen - just a little inconvenient to be keeping it in a garden about 1000 miles from my current residence :lol:
My little cultriformis sadly didn't survive the drought in the UK this spring since it was planted too close to a large beech tree. I've seen a raspberry jam wattle within 40 miles of this location and I'm pretty sure a good few temperate species will survive in southern England. Further east it would have to be more frost tolerant varieties; I've seen melanoxylon, at least as a potted sapling, in Suffolk. I also get the impression that further north there simply isn't enough winter sunlight for acacias to survive.
Dark, damp and chilly weather killed off my melanoxylon specimen up here in the direction of the danish border, for example - and my garden suffers from excessive shade in the winter. By comparison, I know of at least two thriving actinidia vines that grow outdoors in locations with a more favorable aspect in my area. I should try convincing some of those people to try their hand with acacias
My little cultriformis sadly didn't survive the drought in the UK this spring since it was planted too close to a large beech tree. I've seen a raspberry jam wattle within 40 miles of this location and I'm pretty sure a good few temperate species will survive in southern England. Further east it would have to be more frost tolerant varieties; I've seen melanoxylon, at least as a potted sapling, in Suffolk. I also get the impression that further north there simply isn't enough winter sunlight for acacias to survive.
Dark, damp and chilly weather killed off my melanoxylon specimen up here in the direction of the danish border, for example - and my garden suffers from excessive shade in the winter. By comparison, I know of at least two thriving actinidia vines that grow outdoors in locations with a more favorable aspect in my area. I should try convincing some of those people to try their hand with acacias
More of Acacia blakei subs. diphylla
..it's great to see all your photos of these wonderfully individual species.. salutations acacian!
and DFZ, really good to see your trees...very healthy looking...it would be good (as always ) to see more pics, especially of developed flowers, the phyllodes up close, and pods if possible to correctly ID...there are forms of retinodes/provincialis not unlike that..the flowers aren't right for salicina..depending on fully developed flowers pycantha is also a possibility (as far as species known to be propagated in UK/Europe)
and DFZ, really good to see your trees...very healthy looking...it would be good (as always ) to see more pics, especially of developed flowers, the phyllodes up close, and pods if possible to correctly ID...there are forms of retinodes/provincialis not unlike that..the flowers aren't right for salicina..depending on fully developed flowers pycantha is also a possibility (as far as species known to be propagated in UK/Europe)
I think the narrow phyllode one resembles iteaphylla? is it single nerved or plurinerved?
^..the narrower one, yes that's a good candidate, and has been grown in the UK..
it's the second one i was looking at..there can be a lot of crossover in phyllode shapes, and even vein patterns, and variation within species, so with the ball flower species, especially, pods and seed arrangement become important, to be sure of identity.
it's the second one i was looking at..there can be a lot of crossover in phyllode shapes, and even vein patterns, and variation within species, so with the ball flower species, especially, pods and seed arrangement become important, to be sure of identity.
