Acacia Desert Carpet

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Acacia desert carpet.

Acacia redolens low boy a k a. It is a dense small to medium sized shrub that usually reaches heights of 0 5 to 3 rarely up to 5 or even 7 meters. Desert carpet mountain states wholesale nursery and low boy san marcos growers are two cultivars with intensely prostrate growth habits. Although dwarf cultivars like low boy and desert carpet may attain a uniform.

Acacia redolens commonly known as the bank catclaw or the desert carpet is a shrub of the genus acacia and the subgenus plurinerves. Does not take well to foot traffic when used as a ground cover because of its brittle stems and branches. Acacia redolens low boy prostrate acacia a low growing shrub to 1 to 2 feet tall by 10 to 15 feet wide with dense habit and much branched with stems covered with narrow 2 to 4 inch long gray green leaves technically phyllodes. 1 mature width.

Desert carpet prostrate acacia low growing evergreen ground cover blooms in spring yellow puff balls height 2 spread to 12 drought tolerant heat tolerant use on banks with poor soil. Full sun water requirements. Acacia redolens desert carpet prostrate acacia low growing evergreen ground cover blooms in spring yellow puff balls height 2 spread to 12 drought tolerant heat tolerant use on banks with poor soil. Prostrate acacia acacia redolens also known as bank catclaw is a fast growing plant native to australia.

Acacia redolens desert carpet prostrate acacia groundcover. Deep infrequent water fertilizers. We are a wholesale nursery specializing in water efficient plants. We do not sell to the general public but you can find our plants at the retail nurseries or wholesale outlets listed above and on the resources tab.

The leathery gray green foliage looks good all year and small yellow puffball flowers. The desert carpet cultivar is a reliably prostrate form of the australian native. Also acacia redolens follows the james dean principle of growing fast and dieing young. Small vanilla scented yellow flowers appear in spring but are not very showy.

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