How to Grow Acacia melanoxylon Plants in your Garden

Gardener's HQ Guide to Growing Australian Blackwood

Australian blackwood

Acacia melanoxylon (Australian blackwood), Leaves and flowers at MISC HQ Piiholo, Maui, Hawaii. photograph by Forest and Kim Starr, under creative commons licence.

Acacia melanoxylon

Flowering Acacia melanoxylon Shrub by Forest and Kim Starr, CC.

Australian blackwood Photograph

Australian blackwood Seed Pods by Forest and Kim Starr, CC.

Acacia melanoxylon Growing and Care Guide

Scientific Name: Acacia melanoxylon
Common Name: Australian blackwood
Growing Zone: USA: 9 to 11
Life Cycle / Plant Type: Shrub, Tree

Plant Details

Plant Height (Inches): 180 to 960
Plant Spread (Inches): 144 to 480
Time of Bloom: Spring
Flower Details: Brown, Yellow
Leaf Foliage: Green
Fruit:
Growth Form: Spreading or horizontal, Upright or erect

Ideal Growing Conditions

Best Light Conditions: Full sunlight
Rate of Growth: Quick
Suitable Soil Types: Acidic, Clay, Loamy, Neutral, Sandy, Slightly alkaline, Well drained
Soil Moisture: Dry to Moist (Medium Moisture is likely gives best results)

Caring Conditions

Care:
Level of Maintenance:
Propagation: Seed
How to Prune:
Pests: weevil
Diseases:

Further Information

Can Attract:
Tolerant of: Fire
Best Garden Use: Areas requiring pest tolerance, Specimen, Large Garden and Street Tree
Family: Fabaceae
Closely Related Species: Cootamundra wattle; Wild Senna; Fenugreek; and Chinese Kidney Bean.California Redbud;
Miscellaneous: Entices birdlife to the garden, Non-native to North America, Attractive flowers / blooms
Genus Detail: Acacia
Further Reading and References: Here and Here