Cootamundra Wattle


Photo: Lorna Rose		Cootamundra Wattle Acacia baileyana Trees and Shrubs ACT & High Country Region

	This very popular Australian native garden wattle has fine silvery grey feathery foliage and soft balls of golden yellow flowers. This plant is invasive outside its natural region. This wattle will cross pollinate with the Acacia dealbata, which is widespread on the southern tablelands.

HOW IT SPREADS The seeds are carried by ants, small mammals and humans and are very long lived in the soil and they have a high rate of germination especially after a bush fire or soil disturbance.

Avoid growing the invasive varieties of wattles, visit your garden centre or native plant nursery to seek advice about other superior alternatives.

Alternative Plants


Photo: Lorna Rose		Blue Bush Acacia covenyi Trees and Shrubs

	Native to the South Coast of NSW, this wattle grows to about the same size as the Cootamundra wattle. Mostly found in specialist native plant nurseries.

Photo: Lorna Rose		River Tea Tree Melaleuca bracteata 'Revolution Green' Trees and Shrubs

	to 3m high has profuse numbers of creamy-white flowers in spring. The new spring growth is fine and bright green.

Photo: Macbird Floraprint		Willow Leaf Wattle Acacia iteaphylla Trees and Shrubs

	Versatile in its habit growing to a height of 2-4 m some forms upright, others are pendulous and bushy. A profuse flowering of perfumed golden-yellow blooms in spring following by intermittent blooms through the year.