{"id":51393,"date":"2014-01-27T21:19:02","date_gmt":"2014-01-28T01:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=51393"},"modified":"2014-01-27T21:19:02","modified_gmt":"2014-01-28T01:19:02","slug":"just-another-acacia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=51393","title":{"rendered":"just another acacia"},"content":{"rendered":"

At plant nurseries, I’m often a hapless Mr. Magoo, peering and squinting at new shapes and wildly filling in the blanks with extravagant theories.<\/p>\n

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For example, the twisted, contorted stems of this mystery tree, or shrub grown on standard, reminded me of Harry Lauder’s Walking Stick (Corylus avellana ‘Contorta’). <\/p>\n

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But what about that weeping habit of growth? And those nubby protuberances, were they catkins? <\/p>\n

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Okay, okay. Up close, I see they’re not catkins but tiny, bristly flower clusters. Long chains of yellow bloom. Could it be a diminutive laburnum?<\/p>\n

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Wrong again, Magoo. Not with spidery leaves like that, which bear the hallmarks of a denizen from Down Under, where thread-like leaves are a necessary adaptation to scorching temps.
\nThe tag solved the mystery and stifled further speculation, as much fun as that was. Just another acacia. Acacia merinthophora, the Zigzag Wattle, from Australia. <\/p>\n

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I have to say in my defense that keeping track of all the gorgeous acacias in the world would be a life’s work. <\/p>\n

(Acacia merinthophora<\/strong>: Small, drought tolerant, evergreen tree, 8-12 feet, hardy to 25-30 F.)
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