Acacia cognata ‘Copper Tips’

Acacia cognata ‘Copper Tips’ is a compact, ornamental Australian native shrub admired for its fine, weeping foliage and copper-toned new growth. The soft green leaves form a dense, mounded habit, while the bronze-copper tips provide year-round contrast and colour.

Typically reaching 1–1.5 metres high and 1–2 metres wide, ‘Copper Tips’ is ideal for low hedging, mass planting, borders, or as a feature plant in containers. It is low maintenance, fast-growing, and thrives in full sun to part shade with well-drained soil. Once established, it is drought-tolerant and suitable for a variety of landscape styles, including modern, native, and low-water gardens.

It looks excellent when planted en masse for a soft, flowing effect or contrasted with bold architectural plants.

Please note, as living products, our trees naturally vary in size and appearance throughout the seasons. The photos on our website are provided as a helpful guide, but may not always reflect our current batches. We always aim to deliver stock as pictured, but some variation is to be expected. For up-to-date sizing, please refer to our current height guide. If you’d like to see photos of our current stock, just let us know—we’re happy to send them!