This small shrub has slender rigid stems that are woolly when young and forms a low rounded habit. It has stiff dark green linear phyllodes and the bright yellow ball-like flower heads appear in small clusters along the stems during spring.

Hardiness zones 8 to 11

Acacia lanigerais naturally found in Australia growing in New South Wales including Australian Capital Territory to Victoria on the mountains, slopes and the adjoining plains. It prefers a well drained stony soils in an open sunny position but tolerates some shade and is drought and frost tolerant.

The Woolly Wattle is grown for its flowers and its rounded bushy habit. It is used in border plantings for screening or on embankments and in commercial sites. It is suitable for mountain or inland regions and used in group plantings as an informal hedge. It establishes in 2 to 3 years tolerating a wide range of conditions. ID 2580

Acacia (a-KAY-see-a) lanigera(lan-ger-ra)

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