Acacia ulicifolia

(Previously known as: Acacia juniperina)

Prickly Moses

Description: Rounded shrub to 3 m, often less, with dark green spine-like phyllodes to 2 cm. Flowers are in cream-coloured balls in winter and spring.

Distribution: Qld., NSW, ACT, Vic., Tas.

Propagation: From scarified seed or boiling water treatment.

Cultivation: Generally adaptable in cultivation, responds to sunny, reasonably well drained positions in most soils. Hardy shrub with attractive foliage. Suitable as a hedge plant.

Special horticultural attributes:

• Suitable for areas of low maintenence (eg. road batters).
• Frost hardy (will tolerate frosts to -7 C )
• Recommended for its foliage.
• Suitable hedge or screen plant.
  

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© Text derived from the Acacia sections of the 4th edition of Australian Native Plants by John Wrigley and Murray Fagg, published in 1996 by Reed Books Pty Ltd

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