Sweet Acacia

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Acacia farnesiana

Sweet Acacia is a native, pollinator-attracting, small tree or large shrub. It’s fragrant, golden-yellow puffball flowers bloom in winter and spring. It's highly drought-tolerant once established, making it ideal for water-wise landscapes, and attracts bees, butterflies, and other pollinators.

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Acacia farnesiana

Sweet Acacia is a native, pollinator-attracting, small tree or large shrub. It’s fragrant, golden-yellow puffball flowers bloom in winter and spring. It's highly drought-tolerant once established, making it ideal for water-wise landscapes, and attracts bees, butterflies, and other pollinators.

  • Native, briefly deciduous, aromatic flowering specimen tree or shrub, 15’

  • Full sun, dry to average soils (well-drained)

  • Highly tolerant of salt wind and salt spray and occasional salt water intrusion

  • Interesting and delicate foliage, thorny trunk and zig-zag branches provide good cover for birds and wildlife

  • Flowers are showy, scented (perfume ingredient), little bright yellow pom-poms that attract pollinators

  • Insectivorous birds are attracted to the pollinators