Acacia baileyana - Cootamundra Wattle

• Feature Tree
• Screening or Privacy
• Driveway Border
• Rural Property Planting
• Windbreak

Acacia baileyana - Cootamundra Wattle works in an:

• Australian Native Garden – celebrates local plants with natural character.
• Wildlife Garden – planting to attract birds, bees, and pollinators.
• Low-maintenance Garden – resilient choices for easy care and year-round appeal.
• Modern Garden – sleek, minimal, and design-led planting.

Acacia baileyana - Cootamundra Wattle is an Evergreen (foliage year round) Tree

Mature Height: 6m to 8m

Mature Width: 3m to 5m

Acacia baileyana - Cootamundra Wattle is expected to grow 1m to 2m per year (fast-growing).

Acacia baileyana - Cootamundra Wattle is expected to grow 1m to 2m per year (fast-growing).

They are considered to have a:

• Fast Growth Rate

Is Acacia baileyana - Cootamundra Wattle frost tolerant?

Acacia baileyana - Cootamundra Wattle is Frost Tolerant – Can handle light to moderate frost once established.

Acacia baileyana flowers from late winter into early spring, typically July to September, carrying bright golden ball flowers in such quantity that they frequently hide the foliage. It is among the earliest and heaviest flowering wattles, arriving at a point in the year when very little else is in bloom.

Does Acacia baileyana - Cootamundra Wattle flower?

• Yes - Flowers

Flowering Period:

• Winter
• Spring

Flower Type:

• Fluffy

Flower Colour:

Yellow

Yes

Acacia baileyana - Cootamundra Wattle is Native to Native to the western slopes and tablelands of New South Wales, particularly around Cootamundra, where it grows in dry sclerophyll woodland. Its natural range is small, but it has been planted across southern Australia for well over a century.

The heavy golden flowering of Acacia baileyana is a major late-winter pollen source for native bees and other pollinators at a lean point in the season. The fine dense canopy gives shelter and nesting cover for small birds, and insects drawn to the foliage bring insectivorous birds in behind them.

Acacia baileyana - Cootamundra Wattle will thrive best in:

• Full Sun

Acacia baileyana is adaptable across sandy, loam and clay-loam soils and tolerates acid through to alkaline pH, which is unusually broad. Drainage is the one requirement. Use a low-phosphorus native fertiliser, as wattles resent the high-phosphorus blends sold for general garden use.

Is Acacia baileyana - Cootamundra Wattle Drought tolerant?

Acacia baileyana needs deep watering through its first 12 months to establish. After that it is genuinely drought tolerant and holds condition through extended dry periods on little or no supplementary water, which reflects its origins in dry sclerophyll woodland on the NSW western slopes.