Botanical Name: Acacia karroo
Common Name: Sweet Thorn

 

Use : Outdoors
Indigenous/Exotic : Indigenous
Evergreen/Deciduous : Deciduous
Plant Type : Tree
Flower Colour : Yellow
Foliage Colour : Green
Best Season : Summer
Light : Sun
Hardiness : Hardy
Attributes : Attracts birds & butterflies,
Fragrant, Water wise
Height (m) : 8
Spread (m) : 8
    
 
Notes: Genus of at least 1100 species. This fast growing, drought resistant Acacia makes a good shade tree for the garden. It attracts bees and insects. The tree has long, straight white thorns, in pairs. Sickle-shapes pods follow the sweetly-scented golden-yellow puffball-shaped flowers which bloom intermittently all Summer. It is a host to various butterflies. It attracts a multitude of insects and therefore also attracts many birds. The roots are nitrogen fixers and make this tree ideal for planting on disturbed and poor soils. Propagate from seed soaked in boiling water over night.