Acacia pendula

Plant Characteristics
Habit		tree
Height:	⇕	40 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 40.
Width:	⇔	20 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 20.
Lifespan:	⌛	perennial
Bloom:	❀	early spring, mid spring, late spring, early winter, mid winter, late winter

Cultivation

Exposure:	☼	sun
Features:	✓	flowers
USDA Zones:		9 to 11
Flower features:	❀	orange, yellow

Scientific Names
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Weeping Myall (Acacia pendula) is a species of wattle which is native to Australia. It is a tree which grows up to 10 metres in height and is pendulous in form with grey green narrow phyllodes which are about 10 cm in length.

Its occurs naturally in dry outback areas in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria.

Alternative common names include Myall, True Myall, Boree, Silver-leaf Boree, Balaar and Nilyah.

Read about Acacia pendula in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Acacia pendula, Cunn. Weeping Myall. A small tree with gray foliage and pendulous branchlets: phyll. covered with a minute pubescence, finely striate with 3-5 obscurely parallel veins, linear-lanceolate, often falcate, acuminate, ending in mucronate point, 2-3 1/2 in. long. 1/4-1/3in. wide; gland less than 1/4in from base: fl.-heads in pairs or clusters, about 30 in a head; peduncles less than 1/2 in. long; petals with mid-rib; sepals spatulate, reticulately veined, half as long as petals: pods 1/2in. broad, 2-3 in. long, bordered by a narrow wing along each suture.—The ornamental value of this species lies rather in drooping foliage than in the fls. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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