This shrub to small tree has upright spreading branches with angular pubescent branchlets forming a bushy habit. It has fern-like dark green phyllodes and the cream to yellow ball-shaped flowers appear from autumn to winter.

Hardiness zones 8 to 11

Acacia terminalisis naturally found in Australia from the east coast and tablelands of Queensland to New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania appearing in woodlands.

It grows in well drained sandy to light clay loams and prefers a open sunny to semi-shaded position and is drought and mildly frost resistant.

Cedar Wattle is a commonly cultivated fast growing shrub that is planted along borders as a screen or as a specimen in a small new garden attracting birds. It is also planted in parks and public areas and establishes in 1 to 2 years but may be short lived.

Acacia(a-KAY-see-a) terminalis (Ter-min-al-is)

Fabaceae (fab-AY-see-ee)
subfamilyMimosoideae
Wattles