Plants for mediterranean gardens => Trees and Shrubs => Topic started by: Hilary on September 02, 2011, 04:35:04 PM
Title: Acacia
Post by: Hilary on September 02, 2011, 04:35:04 PM
This Acacia dealbata grows in several of the pavements and " gardens " or yards of Corinth. There has always been a severe lack of water here so I doubt if any of these trees get any water now and probably very little when they were young. There was one in the back yard of the block of flats but one of the flat owners pruned it about a week before it was due to blossom and successfully killed it.
Title: Re: Acacia dealbata
Post by: John on September 02, 2011, 09:21:38 PM
Over the many years I have lived in London I have seen this species come and go. There were two winters, well apart from each other where they were all killed outright regardless of their size. There are now plenty of quite large specimens again.
Title: Acacia farnesiana
Post by: Hilary on September 03, 2011, 07:26:53 PM
Acacia farnesiana. Several of these trees are growing in the pavements of Corinth. They were planted by the owners of the adjacent houses. One in particular is a pleasant symmetrical shape. It was well watered when it was young but I don't think it gets any care now. I had planted one in the back yard of the block of flats but it didn't survive a small boys' football match
Title: Acacia pycnantha
Post by: Hilary on September 05, 2011, 01:35:39 PM
I hope I have got the name right. This Acacia pycnantha is growing in the yard of the block of flats. It was planted 16years ago and bought at a local nursery. I can't say I have seen any more round Corinth. The first year it got a lot of watering and has more or less been ignored since then. I give it a watering now and then when trying to boost another tree in the vicinity. It also drips some sticky stuff onto cars
Title: Re: Acacia
Post by: Alisdair on September 23, 2011, 01:07:54 PM
I have brought all these acacia postings into a single Acacia topic, in line with our general policy of keeping different species under the same genus topic.
Title: Re: Acacia
Post by: Hilary on September 26, 2011, 01:07:55 PM
Acacia karroo Hayne This Acacia is growing in the grounds of the Ancient Agora in Athens. I have seen a smaller one in the Sainopoulio Gardens outside Sparta
Title: Re: Acacia
Post by: David Bracey on September 29, 2011, 06:13:35 PM
Pepinieres CAVATORE in Les Mimosas de Bormes, France offer over 100 Acacia species. They should have supplies of the new sport "Scarlet Blaze", a red cultivar of A. leprosa which was found growing wild in Victoria, Australia recently.
There website is www.pepinierescavatore.com
Title: Re: Acacia
Post by: Hilary on February 20, 2015, 08:02:54 AM
Acacia dealbata Another old postcard which was sent in 1982 On the back it writes
" ACADEMIE PROVENCALE DE CANNES Section de Basse - Provence Cueillette du Mimosa"
Title: Re: Acacia
Post by: Hilary on February 13, 2022, 09:07:34 AM