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Cape Schanck Lightwood
Acacia implexa ‘Cape Schanck’
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Supplied in 400mmtypically 1.5 to 2.5m tall on delivery
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Product Details
Overview & Specifications
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Cape Schanck Lightwood - Acacia implexa ‘Cape Schanck’
Lightwood is the wattle that behaves like a proper tree rather than a large shrub, forming a clean single trunk and an open, slightly weeping crown of sickle shaped grey green phyllodes. Acacia implexa is grown here from Cape Schanck provenance stock, so it is matched to the sandy loams and salt bearing winds of the southern Mornington Peninsula. It is chosen over faster wattles because it holds its cream flowers in late summer when nothing else is out, and because it lives considerably longer than the short lived black and silver wattles it is usually planted alongside.
Why Cape Schanck Lightwood
Out of Season Flowering: Pale cream globular heads open from January to March, filling the gap between the summer natives and the winter wattle flush.
Sickle Phyllodes: The curved, leathery grey green phyllodes are far more wind and drought resistant than the ferny foliage of related wattles.
Local Provenance: Peninsula sourced seed gives better survival on coastal sands and exposed sites than generic nursery stock from inland populations.
Real Longevity: Lightwood commonly persists for thirty to forty years, well beyond the fifteen to twenty year span of Acacia mearnsii.
Soil Improvement: As a nitrogen fixing legume it lifts fertility on poor, degraded or newly cut ground.
Ideal Applications
Fast Native Canopy: Planted through a new native garden it produces useful dappled shade within three to four years while slower eucalypts and banksias catch up.
Rural Windbreak: Two staggered rows filter wind across paddock boundaries and driveways without the brittleness of many quick growing exotics.
Revegetation and Habitat: The seed and flowers support native birds and insects, and it is a standard component of indigenous planting schedules across southern Victoria.
Bank and Batter Stabilisation: Its spreading roots and suckering habit knit loose soil on cut banks and gully edges.
Specimen & Installation
Spacing (screening/hedge): 2 to 3m
Spacing (feature/avenue): 5 to 7m
Best Planting Season: Autumn and early spring are best in southern Australia. Avoid establishing through the peak of summer.
Soil & Drainage: Adapts to sands, gravels and moderately heavy clays provided water does not sit around the crown. Keep phosphorus low and never use standard lawn or rose fertiliser.
Establishment Care: Water deeply once a week through the first two summers rather than lightly and often, so roots follow moisture downwards. Mulch with a coarse chunky bark to 75mm, pulled back a hand span from the trunk, and shorten any competing leaders in the first two winters to build a single strong stem.
Plant Details
Height: 5 to 12m
Width: 3 to 6m
Growth Rate: Fast
Foliage: Evergreen
Light: Full sun, tolerates light dappled shade
Native to: Eastern and south eastern Australia, from Queensland through New South Wales to Victoria and South Australia
Flower Colour: Cream to pale yellow
Delivery & Installation
Delivery and installation are included in your price
No freight calculators and no separate installation quote for a standard installation. Your price covers specialist plant transport, positioning and professional planting by our installation team. The whole job, handled.
- Wrapped, secured and transported by specialist plant freight.
- Professionally planted, staked and finished by our install team.
- Our team confirms site access and schedules a time that suits you.
Installation
Professional installation included, never extra
Every plant we sell is planted by our professional installation team, and it's already in the price. We coordinate the delivery, the machinery and the planting for standard site access, so your only job is choosing the tree. Unusual access or engineering requirements? We'll confirm everything with you after checkout before any work begins.
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