Hall's Creek Wattle 30 seeds Drought/Frost Hardy Beaut.

Hall's Creek Wattle

Acacia cowleana

(This plant is not on the Australian Noxious Weed List and its insertion complies with eBay policy.)

A native to Australia's northern arid inland, extending from Karratha, West Australia across the Northern Territory and Queensland and southward through Alice Springs and north-western New South Wales. Preferring arid to semi-arid climate on sandplains and creek lines, this plant is drought and frost hardy.

A fast growing, evergreen, dense shrub to small tree growing to 8 metres with a spread of 3 metres in an open, sunny position. The phyllodes (leaves) are 8 to 20cm long, silvery green, narrowly elliptical and falcate (curved or sickle shaped). The flowers, which appear in winter and spring, are bright yellow, elongated spikes that occur in the phyllode axils, the flowers are followed by slender, straight, seed pods 75mm long.

While infrequently grown in Australia, it is grown in California as an ornamental shrub and has been under trials in Niger, Africa as a food source and were found to be easy to establish, fast growing and high yielding of nutritious, easily collected seeds. The villagers adapted traditional recipes of seed based foods like pancakes, stews and pasta.

Offered is a packet of 30 seeds and Grownotes to assist you to cultivate this useful wattle.

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