Acacia

Acacia aphylla

Acacia aphylla is a wiry, narrow spiky Western Australian shrub to 3 m high. Amazingly this wattle does not have any leaves, instead it has contorted, curvy rigid branchlets with very sharp ends.  The flowers are bright yellow, very showy and produced in late winter to spring. 

It is a sight to behold and one of my favourite purchases for the Dry Garden.

Acacia ‘Sterling Silver’

A wonderful mounding Acacia with silvery leaves and those gorgeous Acacia yellow flowers, in this case they are hanging along a rod-life form.  Like all Acacia it is very hardy and tolerates the worst of conditions.  You have to love them for it.