Wattle

Wattles
In 1995 some Victorian bushwalkers made the remarkable discovery of a small red flowered Cinnamon Wattle Acacia leprosa as a single specimen in the bush.

Silver Wattle
Silver wattle (also, mimosa) is an evergreen tree with fern-like, silvery-green divided leaves. Orange buds, followed by fragrant clusters of flowers, will add color and scent from winter through spring.

About the Wattle Flower
One of the things most well-known about the Australian wattle flower, or Acacia pycnantha, is that it is the official Australian National Flower, ...

I added a couple of small beds inside the U, built an arbour at the bottom of the U, and added a wattle fence along the spiraea shrubs next to the road for added privacy. You may note one of the added beds is ringed with stone.

They include the tall background hedges of holly, thorn or wattle; the informal flowering hedges of rose, bridal wreath spirea or barberry; Such evergreens as mugho pine, globe arbor vitae, ...

As in the Middle Ages, formal gardens of the Renaissance favored all sorts of enclosures-brick, stone, wattle fencing, or hedges-to keep out animals and intruders. Throughout the 17th century, the practice of enclosing household gardens persisted.

A. longifolia, Sydney golden wattle, is adorned with two-inch spikes of golden pompons along willowy branches of broad, five-inch leaves.

Willow or other bendable twigs, such as dogwood, can be fashioned into rustic arches, walls, nests and free-form sculpture with the woven technique known as wattle.

Create wattle fences, arbors, trellises and even garden art from the twigs and branches you're left with after pruning.
Make your own compost tea instead of using commercial liquid fertilizers. Place compost in a permeable bag and soak it in water.

See also: Plant, Gardening, Austral, Flower, Native