This shrub has a upright and rounded habit with drooping slender grey branches. The triangular-shaped phyllodes are blue-green and the yellow ball-shaped flowers appear in a raceme during early spring..
Hardiness zones 8 to 10
Acacia cultriformisis naturally found in Australia growing in eucalyptus forests on the ridges on the western slopes in northern New South Wales and southern Queensland and extending to the Victorian border.
It tolerates light to heavy soils in an open sunny position and is drought and frost resistant.
The Knife-leaf Wattle is grown for its attractive pendulous habit and for its flowers and foliage. It is widely used as a specimen in small gardens or in shrub borders and is suitable for coastal, mountain or inland positions. It establishes from seed in 3 to 5 years and the foliage is used by florists.ID 1981
Acacia(a-KAY-see-a) cultriformis(cul-tra-form-is)
Fabaceae (fab-AY-see-ee)
subfamilyMimosoideae
Wattles