Acaciella Species, Fern Acacia, Prairie Acacia, Prairie Wattle, Whiteball Acacia

Grows as a hardy bush and provides good ground-level shade in our backyard tortoise sanctuary. Our desert tortoise loves to eat the white...Read More flower balls every summer! It gets some overspray from our sprinklers for our grasses, and I hit it lightly with the hose every two weeks, and it thrives… even here in the 110 degree heat of summer. It is a little messy with leaf drop and seed pods each fall and is not a “show-stopper.” Still, if you like a more natural, grassy, prairie appearance, this is a resilient and attractive plant. It grows quickly each summer and is reduced to bare twigs each winter. That is the time to trim it back for size and shape purposes.

Will be growing this species soon!

planted 15 seeds and most of them germinated , it takes about 3 weeks to germinate i had 10 seeds germinating. they are slow growers at f...Read Moreirst, but when they get older and tolerate more sunlight they take off fast.

They seem to be good indoor plants , i had seedlings indoors for almost 3 months and i didn't noticed any mites , aphids or any other pests . like most acacia you probably can grow this one indoors as long you can provide plenty direct sunlight.

VERY VERY drought and heat tolerant .. with the temperatures hitting 35 C , 38 C for 2 days with the sun shining on the small containers all day it didn't wilt even when i didn't water it. it also seems to fix nitrogen which is nice.

when evening and night arrives or when its very cloudy ( like thunderstorm ) the leaves close just like albizia. if you are searching for an acacia species i recommend you this one - it is very cold tolerant and tough as nails.

I found this plant growing in a nearby area that was for cleared for a housing project. The area was raised with clay and gravel and is ...Read Moremowed every other month, but has been undeveloped for nearly twenty years. There are now many unusual muhly grasses and bristlegrasses that are normally not found this far east in Louisiana, along with this prairie acacia.

I first found it growing among some partridge pea sennas. It was out of bloom and I figured it was an unusual variation of the partridge pea... until I tried to uproot it. The taproot was unbelievably deep for such a small plant. I then noticed the woody base and remnants of old seed pods. It was then that I started to wonder if it was some kind of acacia. That's when I found this information.

I later found several more in the area and decided to dig one up to bring home. I planted it along the edge of my rock garden. Now, it grows to about two feet every year, blooms, and goes to seed. It is herbaceous, and dies to the ground every winter. It has not self sown, but I am now trying to manually plant seeds and establish a stand of them in my backyard.