Acacia Desert Carpet

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Acacia desert carpet.

The desert carpet cultivar is a reliably prostrate form of the australian native. Acacia redolens desert carpet prostrate acacia groundcover. Plant in full sun to light shade. Full sun water requirements.

Desert carpet mountain states wholesale nursery and low boy san marcos growers are two cultivars with intensely prostrate growth habits. Acacia redolens desert carpet mature height. We are a wholesale nursery specializing in water efficient plants. This low growing thornless groundcover is ideal for covering large spaces and providing erosion control.

Although dwarf cultivars like low boy and desert carpet may attain a uniform. Acacia redolens commonly known as the bank catclaw or the desert carpet is a shrub of the genus acacia and the subgenus plurinerves. Acacia redolens low boy prostrate acacia a low growing shrub to 1 to 2 feet tall by 10 to 15 feet wide with dense habit and much branched with stems covered with narrow 2 to 4 inch long gray green leaves technically phyllodes. 1 mature width.

Does not take well to foot traffic when used as a ground cover because of its brittle stems and branches. 6 light requirements. Acacia redolens low boy a k a. Acacia redolens desert carpet prostrate acacia low growing evergreen ground cover blooms in spring yellow puff balls height 2 spread to 12 drought tolerant heat tolerant use on banks with poor soil.

Also acacia redolens follows the james dean principle of growing fast and dieing young. It is a dense small to medium sized shrub that usually reaches heights of 0 5 to 3 rarely up to 5 or even 7 meters. Small vanilla scented yellow flowers appear in spring but are not very showy. Prostrate acacia acacia redolens also known as bank catclaw is a fast growing plant native to australia.

The leathery gray green foliage looks good all year and small yellow puffball flowers.