The knife acacia (Acacia cultiformis) tree started breaking bud a few days ago, and here it is in its bright yellow glory. Surprisingly few honeybees (or bees or nectar feeders of any kind) were visiting the blossoms today, a fine sunny day with temps in the mid-70s. Maybe the nectar isn't flowing yet?
By the way, the willow wattle (acacia iteaphylla) just finished up a couple months worth of bloom, so these two make a nice flowery continuum for the winter and early spring. Along with the Senna artemisioides (which is still in full bloom), the garden is lousy with yellow.
3 comments:
willow wattle... hilarious.
Yeah those Australians have funny names for their plants. A lot of acacias are called wattles, not sure why.
Thank you- I always wondered what a wattle fence, mentioned in books, was.
When it gets old, it must be a wobbly willow wattle fence.
-sorry- Cynthia
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