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Wattle – Qantas Amazing Australia

...he food and so spread the seeds around, thus propagating and spreading the wattle. Wattle varieties in Australia Below are a selection of wattles which are suited to a wide climatic range. Trees Acacia baileyana, Cootamundra wattle (see climate map 2): A tree to 6m (18′) with ball flowers June-September, grey green fern-like leaves. Other forms: A prostrate or ground cover form Variety, ‘Purpurea’, with purple new foliage. Acacia pycnantha, golden... read more

Wattle – Plant of the Week

...ike leaves and stunning, golden yellow flowers from July to January. About wattles Wattles are great colonisers or pioneer plants, because they grow quickly and they grow readily from seed. They are excellent to use if you’re starting a garden from scratch, either as an instant screen or as ‘nurse plants’ to protect other slower growing plants while they are becoming established. Most wattles are short-lived plants that will usually last for about... read more

Wattle For Cold Climates

...ees but the grub in the tree is very annoying and it is slowly killing the wattle i want a wattle or a few different wattles that doesn’t get a grub in it we live right on the New England Hwy if you could help this would be great thank you Brian Answer: Hi Brian, The Grub is not killing the wattle at all. It is dying of old age – most wattles are quite short-lived. They are referred to as ‘Pioneer Species’, ie they colonise disturbed areas in natu... read more

Wattles

...their own natural environment. So if you live near bushland, select local wattles to plant in your garden. Wattles also provide food for many Australian native birds, animals and insects so are a great plant to have in the garden. Winter flowering While there are wattle species which flower throughout the year, the winter-flowering species are particularly attractive in the landscape, where their bright yellow or cream flowers bring colour to the... read more

Wattle Piklets: The French Alternative

...ally worth a try. They have a slightly sweet flavour along with a delicate wattle fragrance, but best of all they’re truly Australian. Ingredients 1 cup wattle flowers 1 cup self raising flour 1 egg 1/4 cup castor sugar 3/4 cup milk butter or margarine Method Pick enough flowers to fill one cup (discard the stems). Place the wattle, flour, egg, sugar and milk into a bowl and mix until the batter is smooth and all the lumps have disappeared – apart... read more

Wattles

...pread the seeds around, thus propagating and spreading the wattle. Growing wattles Wattles grow easily from seed. Most wattle seeds can be sown in spring or early autumn into clean plastic pots, seed trays or any plastic container with holes for drainage punched through the bottom. A good potting mix is 1 part washed coarse river sand: 1 part peat moss, or any mix that will re-wet easily, drains well and is coarse enough for good aeration and drai... read more

Fringed Wattle

...rt to flower it’s a sure sign that spring is not too far away! Some of the wattles in Don’s garden are flowering now, including the fringed wattle (Acacia fimbriata). This is a bushy Australian native shrub or small tree which grows to around 7m (23′) tall. It has attractive, weeping foliage and yellow, perfumed, ball-shaped flowers in late winter and spring. Fringed wattles are hardy in most situations, and make excellent dense, screen plants. Th... read more

Don’s Tips: Winter Wattle

There’s nothing more Australian than a gorgeous, golden wattle and when you think about it, in the depths of winter when things are miserable & cold out there in the garden, these plants start to flower that lovely warm yellow colour of course obviously they provide food for the bees. Best of all, they grow very quickly. 12-18 months after planting one of these they’re up & looking gorgeous. Not many people seem to grow them very much anymore and... read more

Wattles

...ile they are becoming established. Don looked at several of the species of wattle flowering in the garden at the moment. Fringed Wattle (Acacia fimbriata) Bushy shrub or small tree to 7m (23′) high with attractive, weeping foliage. Yellow perfumed ball-shaped flowers appear in late winter and spring. Good, dense, screen plant. Hardy in most situations. Sydney Golden Wattle (Acacia longifolia) A short trunked tree from 3-6m (10-20′) high which flow... read more

Borers in Wattle

Scientists are not sure how they do it, but insects like borers can single out a tree which is stressed and therefore weak, and attack that tree, leaving other healthy individuals around it alone. This is all part of the natural process and in a forest situation it is actually good, because weak trees are culled, leaving room for the stronger ones to develop. It’s not so good in a home garden situation where you may only have one tree in your bac... read more

Building a Wine Rack

...inally, give the whole wine rack a coat of varnish, such as Wattle Estapol Gloss. Cost and availability 19mm x 290mm maple for end pieces, $29.90 per metre 42mm x42mm maple for cross pieces, $6.40 per metre 9mmx9mm maple moulding for chocks, $5.45 per metre Wattle Wood Gel, colour Western Jarrah, around $8.75 3mm thick 900mm x 600mm sheet of MDF, $3.30 Wattle Estapol Gloss, $8.40 for 250 mls The materials listed above are all available from hardwa... read more

Don’s Tips: Weather Affects Flowering Times

Cherry Tree
...this year. The weird weather patterns have obviously thrown this beautiful wattle out of sync. For the record the Queensland Silver Wattle has roundish silver leaves and canary yellow flowers. Other plants like cherries count the number of really cold days in winter. Once the requisite number are counted, they initiate spring growth. In warmer areas, there aren’t enough cold days so the poor cherries don’t know when to sprout: hence few flowers an... read more