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Acacia redolens

We started using this plant in various parts of our home-owners' association. We have it growing next to a sign, next to our barranca, and in the back yard along a loooooooong driveway. We have found it to be a lovely plant, with pleasing coloration. It has similar attributes to our olive trees and our meadow rue grouping. The blossoms are quite lovely. We like this plant for its strength of character, its longevity, and its ability to add substance to the landscape.

This is a fast growing, drought tolerant native of Australia. Suitable for freeways and other situations like that. It can be pruned very severely and looks better afterward. It has the typical acacia flowers in the early spring. This is about as bullet proof a plant as you can find. It does not quite redole as much as you would think. There is a cultivar that is supposedly lower growing.